A Very Rare Complication of Hepatitis A Infection: Acute Myocarditis—A Case Report with Literature Review by Olivia Allen, Ahmed Edhi, Adam Hafeez, Alexandra Halalau

“…In addition, extrahepatic manifestations have been reported, including urticarial and maculopapular rash, acute kidney injury, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, aplastic anemia, acute pancreatitis, mononeuritis, reactive arthritis, glomerulonephritis, cryoglobulinemia, Guillain–Barre syndrome, and pleural or pericardial effusion. …”
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Cullen Sign Associated with External Iliac Artery Aneurysm Rupture: A Case Report by Kendra M. Douglas, William R. Davis, Jaron D. Raper

“…Any source of retroperitoneal or abdominal hemorrhage can cause Cullen sign, but it is often described in association with acute pancreatitis. Case Report: Here we report a case of a chronically ill male who presented with a bulging sensation in his lower abdomen and lower abdominal pain. …”
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Thymosin alpha 1 in the prevention of infected pancreatic necrosis following acute necrotising pancreatitis (TRACE trial): protocol of a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, plac... by Tao Chen, Jing Zhou, Jianfeng Tu, Weiqin Li, XinTing Pan, Wenjian Mao, Lu Ke, Wenhua He, Miao Chen, Chengjian He, Weili Gu, Jingyi Wu, Jingchun Song, Haibin Ni, Junli Sun, Guoxiu Zhang, Weiwei Chen, Bing Xue, Xiangyang Zhao, Min Shao, Yuxiu Liu, Zhihui Tong

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Nuclear Protein 1 Expression Is Associated with PPARG in Bladder Transitional Cell Carcinoma by Chao Lu, Shenglin Gao, Li Zhang, Xiaokai Shi, Yin Chen, Shuzhang Wei, Li Zuo, Lifeng Zhang

“…The Nuclear protein 1 gene was first discovered in acute pancreatitis and functions as an oncogene in cancer progression and drug resistance. …”
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A very low carbohydrate diet improved metabolic profile in congenital generalized lipodystrophy type 4 by Sayantan Chakraborty, Subhankar Roy, Debaditya Das, Sayantani Chatterjee, Pranab Kumar Sahana, Satinath Mukhopadhyay

“…A 17-year-old girl presented with recurrent attacks of acute pancreatitis, associated with severe hyperglycemia and hypertriglyceridemia, despite being on intensive insulin therapy for the last 10 years. …”
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Hepatobiliary and pancreatic manifestations in inflammatory bowel disease: an umbrella review of meta-analyses by Runsheng Hong, Zhixue Li, Meng Li, Yun Dai

“…The strongest-validity evidence suggested the significant associations between IBD and risk of gallstones (odds ratio (OR) = 1.72; 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.40–2.12) and acute pancreatitis (OR = 3.11; 95% CI = 2.93–3.30). Highly suggestive evidence indicated a significantly increased risk of hepatobiliary cancer in UC (incidence rate ratio (IRR) = 2.05; 95% CI = 1.52–2.76) and CD (IRR = 2.31; 95% CI = 1.25–4.28). …”
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Total Pancreatectomy for Malignant Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm (IPMN) Complicated by Gastropancreatic Fistulae by Oshan Basnayake, Pradeep Wijerathne, Umesh Jayarajah, Nilesh Fernandopulle, Sivasuriya Sivaganesh

“…This case highlights the importance investigating patients for the aetiology in recurrent acute pancreatitis and their follow-up. Awareness of cystic pancreatic neoplasms including IPMN is important to avoid misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis. …”
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Iron and ferroptosis in kidney disease: molecular and metabolic mechanisms by Wenjie Wang, Jingdi Chen, Liying Zhan, Handong Zou, Lu Wang, Mengmeng Guo, Hang Gao, Jing Xu, Wei Wu

“…Over the past decade, ferroptosis’ role in mediating the development and progression of renal disorders, such as acute kidney injury (renal ischemia-reperfusion injury, drug-induced acute kidney injury, severe acute pancreatitis induced acute kidney injury and sepsis-associated acute kidney injury), chronic kidney disease (diabetic nephropathy, renal fibrosis, autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease) and renal cell carcinoma, has come into focus. …”
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Postrema area syndrome in the context of systemic lupus erythematosus: Case report by Jose Ricardo Muñoz-Zúñiga, Andrea del Mar Tamayo-Delgado, Alberto Masaru Shinchi-Tanaka, Juan Camilo Márquez, Alex Echeverri-García, Santiago Lopez Garcia

“…Initial tests suggested acute pancreatitis and a lupus flare, but imaging of the gastrointestinal tract showed no abnormalities. …”
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Pleiotropic effects of rabeprazole at acid-related diseases by A. V. Zaborovsky, I. V. Mayev, D. N. Andreyev, L. A. Tararina

“…To study association interleukin-1 (IL-1) gene (rs16944), interleukin-6 (IL-6) gene (rs1800795), interleukin-10 (IL-10) gene (rs1800896) polymorphisms with development of acute pancreatitis (AP) in the Russian population. Material and methods. …”
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Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in children with pediatric congenital biliary dilatation associated with pancreatobiliary maljunction: experience from a tertiary cen... by Giovanni Rollo, Valerio Balassone, Simona Faraci, Filippo Torroni, Luigi Dall'Oglio, Paola De Angelis, Tamara Caldaro

“…In 18 (58%) patients, ERCP was performed for treating acute pancreatitis. Sphincterotomy could be performed in 23 of 31 (74%) patients. …”
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Not All Acute Abdomen Cases in Early Pregnancy Are Ectopic; Expect the Unexpected: Renal Angiomyolipoma Causing Massive Retroperitoneal Haemorrhage by Muhammad Asim Rana, Ahmed F. Mady, Nagesh Jakaraddi, Shahzad A. Mumtaz, Habib Ahmad, Kamal Naser

“…It is a rare clinical entity with variable aetiology including anticoagulation, ruptured aortic aneurysm, acute pancreatitis, malignancy, and bleeding from renal aneurysm. …”
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Pancreatic Acinar Cells Employ miRNAs as Mediators of Intercellular Communication to Participate in the Regulation of Pancreatitis-Associated Macrophage Activation by Yong Zhao, Hao Wang, Ming Lu, Xin Qiao, Bei Sun, Weihui Zhang, Dongbo Xue

“…Macrophage activation plays an important role in the inflammatory response in acute pancreatitis. In the present study, the activation of AR42J pancreatic acinar cells was induced by taurolithocholate treatment. …”
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Prognostic factors for complications in patients with pancreatic pseudocyst by Manuel Alejandro Martínez Corrales, Leonila Noralis Portal Benítez, Yoisel Duarte Linares, Joaquín Zurbano Fernández

“…The fundamental cause was acute pancreatitis (51.1%), and the most frequent location was the pancreatic body (37.8%). …”
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Development and validation of an explainable machine learning model for mortality prediction among patients with infected pancreatic necrosisResearch in context by Caihong Ning, Hui Ouyang, Jie Xiao, Di Wu, Zefang Sun, Baiqi Liu, Dingcheng Shen, Xiaoyue Hong, Chiayan Lin, Jiarong Li, Lu Chen, Shuai Zhu, Xinying Li, Fada Xia, Gengwen Huang

“…Summary: Background: Infected pancreatic necrosis (IPN) represents a severe complication of acute pancreatitis, commonly linked with mortality rates ranging from 15% to 35%. …”
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The Protecting Effects and Mechanisms of Baicalin and Octreotide on Heart Injury in Rats with SAP by Zhang Xiping, Tian Hua, Chen Hanqing, Chen Li, Wang Zhiwei, Wang Keyi, Yan Wei, Li Yun, Li Qingyu, He Qing, Wang Fei

“…To observe the protecting effects and mechanisms of Baicalin and Octreotide on heart injury in rats with severe acute pancreatitis (SAP). Methods. The SAP rat models were randomly divided into the model group, Baicalin-treated group, Octreotide treated group, and sham operation group. …”
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Course of pancreatic necrosis on a background of major duodenal papilla stone by S. V. Mikhaylusov, Ye. V. Moiseyenkova, M. M. Misrokov

“…In the main group the direct correlation between disease duration and frequency of acute pancreatitis development was revealed. Course of pancreatic necrosis were determined by volume of pancreatic lesion. …”
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Downregulation of TNF-α/TNF-R1 Signals by AT-Lipoxin A4 May Be a Significant Mechanism of Attenuation in SAP-Associated Lung Injury by Suhui Yu, Jianming Xie, Yukai Xiang, Shengjie Dai, Dinglai Yu, Hongwei Sun, Bicheng Chen, Mengtao Zhou

“…Our previous studies verified the potent anti-inflammatory effects against severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) of AT-Lipoxin A4 and their analogues. …”
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Outcomes after Surgery for Malignant Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors by Omar Hama Ghalib Azeez Hawramy, Karzan Seerwan Abdullah, Barham M.M. Salih, Qalandar Hussein A. Kasnazani, Dana Taib Gharib, Dara Ahmed Mohammed

“…Common symptoms were abdominal pain 12 (75%) of them three cases had clinical jaundice 3 (18.8%) and one case had acute pancreatitis and pancreatic necrosis. One (6.3%) patient had functional tumor, and the rest 15 (93.8%) were nonfunctional tumors; all of the patients were sporadic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors. …”
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Proper timing or ERCP and cholecystectomy on acute cholecystitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Giuliana Fulco Gonçalvez, Louise Lopes Barros, Sofia Emereciano Gurgel, Kleyton Santos de Medeiros, Irami Araújo Filho

“…Different outcomes were evaluated, with preoperative ERCP as an intervention and intraoperative ERCP as the control: length of stays (four trials with mean differences – MD = -1.44; 95% confidence interval – 95%CI -3,87–0,98); bile leak (odds ratio – OR = 0.67; 95%CI 0.11–4.09); cholangitis (OR = 1.32; 95%CI 0.29–5.98); bleeding from sphincterotomy (OR = 0.98; 95%CI 0.20–4.86); wound infection (OR = 0.33; 95%CI 0.04–3.14); incisional bleeding (OR = 0.5; 95%CI 0.04–5.70); elevated amylase activity (OR = 5.22; 95%CI 2.17–12.59); acute pancreatitis (OR = 4.61; 95%CI 1.72–12.38); operative time (MD = -6,26; 95%CI -37.24–24.73); failure rate (OR = 1.74; 95%CI 0.99–3.05); conversion (OR = 1.34; 95%CI 0.6–2.96); morbidity (OR = 2.75; 95%CI 1.7–4.47). …”
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