The combination of acute pancreatitis and toxic hepatitis developing secondary to exposure to malathion : a case report
| Journal | Volume 81 - 2018 |
| Issue | Fasc.2 - Case reports |
| Author(s) | Hüseyin Avni Fındıklı, Zülfikar Bilge, Hakan Aydın, Mehmet Mustafa Yüceer, Abdullah Algın, Bünyamin Aydın |
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| (1) Department of Internal Medicine, Adıyaman University, Turkey ; (2) Department of Gastroenterology,Adıyaman University, Turkey ; (3) Department of Emergency, Adıyaman University, Turkey ; (4) Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Adıyaman University, Turkey. |
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Organophosphate(OPH) compounds are cholinesterase- inhibiting chemicals used as pesticide. Pancreatitis secondary to malathion toxicity is rare and toxic hepatitis has been reported in only one case. In this paper, we report the case of the combination of acute pancreatitis and toxic hepatitis, which developed in a 30-year old farm worker and the mechanism is discussed in this first report of its kind. Awareness of this complication should prompt earlier investigation because early diagnosis coupled with timely therapeutic measures may improve patient prognosis. (Acta gastroenterol. belg., 2018, 81, 333-335). |
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