Year 2016 / Volume 108 / Number 5
Case Report
Acute hemorrhagic necrotizing pancreatitis in falciparum malaria

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DOI: 10.17235/reed.2015.3768/2015

José Felipe Reoyo Pascual, Carlos Cartón-Hernández, Xandra Valero-Cerrato, Raquel León-Miranda, Esther García Plata-Polo, Rosa María Martínez-Castro, Miguel Ángel Álvarez-Rico, Francisco Javier Sánchez-Manuel,

Abstract
Malaria is a pathology caused by a parasite called Plasmodium, characteristic of tropical countries. The most frequent symptomatology includes cerebral malaria, jaundice, convulsive crisis, anemia, hypoglycemia, kidney failure and metabolic asidosis, among others. We are presenting the case of a patient diagnosed with malaria who suffered from acute necrotizing hemorrhagic pancreatitis and evolved poorly, as an example of this combination of symptoms, rarely found in our country.
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Reoyo Pascual J, Cartón-Hernández C, Valero-Cerrato X, León-Miranda R, García Plata-Polo E, Martínez-Castro R, et all. Acute hemorrhagic necrotizing pancreatitis in falciparum malaria . 3768/2015


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Received: 14/03/2015

Accepted: 15/04/2015

Online First: 15/07/2015

Published: 29/04/2016

Article revision time: 29 days

Article Online First time: 123 days

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