[Acute pancreatitis associated with acute intermittent porphyria]

Pancreatic involvement associated with acute intermittent porphyria is rare. There were only nine cases reported until now which have pancreatic disease and AIP, one case with chronic pancreatitis, one with cystadenocarcinoma and chronic pancreatitis, one with transient macroamylasemia and the others with acute pancreatitis. The cause of these complications in these patients is uncertain. However, in our case, it is possible that AIP might have caused the acute pancreatitis, since this patient developed acute pancreatitis following the attack of AIP. It seems to be necessary to pay attention to the combination of these diseases.