Pancreatitis in patients with AIDS presumptively due to CMV

J Clin Lab Anal. 1989;3(3):152-5. doi: 10.1002/jcla.1860030304.

Abstract

We have studied two patients who developed pancreatitis and who died of complications of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). From clinical analysis, presumptively, both patients developed CMV pancreatitis as a complication of AIDS.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / complications*
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Amylases / blood
  • Cytomegalovirus Infections / complications*
  • HIV*
  • Humans
  • Lipase / blood
  • Male
  • Opportunistic Infections / complications*
  • Pancreatitis / complications*
  • Pancreatitis / diagnosis
  • Pneumonia, Viral / complications

Substances

  • Lipase
  • Amylases