Letter to the Editor

Association Between Acute Pancreatitis and Strongyloides stercoralis

Authors: Emilio V. Perez-Jorge, MD, FACP, Steven D. Burdette, MD, FACP

Abstract

To the Editor:


Infection with Strongyloides stercoralis (strongyloidiasis) can present with various clinical manifestations. Pancreatitis is a common clinical diagnosis but its cause is unknown in 10 to 30% of cases.1 There is rare association between acute pancreatitis and strongyloidiasis in the medical literature. We present a case of pancreatitis in which the only etiologic factor identified was S. stercoralis recovered during an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP).

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