A rare cause of acute pancreatitis and hepatitis syndrome

A 40-year-old man was hospitalized due to acute pancreatitis. Alcohol consumption was suspected as the underlying cause. Fenofibrate therapy, Mediterranean diet, and alcohol abstinence were recommended. Despite treatment the patient’s clinical status did not improve. After a few months he was admitted to the hospital with malaise and hepatitis syndrome. Liver biopsy was suggestive of alcoholic liver disease but the patient’s total abstinence had been confirmed. The team started to look for other, less obvious causes of fibrosis. Listen to the Best Case Report Contest presentation by Dr Livia Lontai from the Department of Internal Medicine and Oncology, Semmelweis University, Hungary.

About BCRC

The Best Case Report Contest (BCRC) is a contest for internal medicine specialists or trainees in internal medicine up to 35 years of age representing national societies of internal medicine or universities who are the official partners of the McMaster International Review Conference of Internal Medicine (MIRCIM). Every year the most engaing submissions from around the world are presented by authors during a special session at MIRCIM—Clinical Cases in Internal Medicine: Learning Through Practice. Click here to learn more about the contest.