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Acute pancreatitis during valproic acid administration in a patient with vascular dementia, epileptic seizures, and psychiatric symptoms: a case report
BACKGROUND: Valproic acid (VPA) is a relatively safe drug widely used for the treatment of epileptic seizures and mania in bipolar disorder, as well as the prevention of migraine headaches. Here, we present a case of VPA-induced pancreatitis in a patient with vascular dementia, epileptic seizures, a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10226237/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37246215 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-023-03964-4 |
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author | Yanaga, Mako Okamoto, Naomichi Hashimoto, Reia Igata, Ryohei Konishi, Yuki Ikenouchi, Atsuko Isomoto, Naoki Shinkai, Takahiro Harada, Masaru Yoshimura, Reiji |
author_facet | Yanaga, Mako Okamoto, Naomichi Hashimoto, Reia Igata, Ryohei Konishi, Yuki Ikenouchi, Atsuko Isomoto, Naoki Shinkai, Takahiro Harada, Masaru Yoshimura, Reiji |
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description | BACKGROUND: Valproic acid (VPA) is a relatively safe drug widely used for the treatment of epileptic seizures and mania in bipolar disorder, as well as the prevention of migraine headaches. Here, we present a case of VPA-induced pancreatitis in a patient with vascular dementia, epileptic seizures, and psychiatric symptoms. He had no distinctive abdominal symptoms. CASE PRESENTATION: A 66-year-old Japanese man was treated with VPA for agitation and violent behavior due to vascular dementia, epileptic seizures, and psychiatric symptoms. During admission, he experienced a sudden decrease in consciousness and blood pressure. Abdominal findings were unremarkable; however, blood tests showed an inflammatory response and elevated amylase levels. Contrast-enhanced abdominal computed tomography showed diffuse pancreatic enlargement and inflammation extending to the subrenal pole. VPA-induced acute pancreatitis was diagnosed, VPA was discontinued, and high-dose infusions were administered. Acute pancreatitis resolved after treatment initiation. CONCLUSIONS: Clinicians should be aware of this relatively rare side effect of VPA. Diagnosis may be challenging in elderly people and patients with dementia as they may present with non-specific symptoms. Clinicians should consider the risk of acute pancreatitis when using VPA in patients who cannot report spontaneous symptoms. Blood amylase and other parameters should be measured accordingly. |
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spelling | pubmed-102262372023-05-30 Acute pancreatitis during valproic acid administration in a patient with vascular dementia, epileptic seizures, and psychiatric symptoms: a case report Yanaga, Mako Okamoto, Naomichi Hashimoto, Reia Igata, Ryohei Konishi, Yuki Ikenouchi, Atsuko Isomoto, Naoki Shinkai, Takahiro Harada, Masaru Yoshimura, Reiji J Med Case Rep Case Report BACKGROUND: Valproic acid (VPA) is a relatively safe drug widely used for the treatment of epileptic seizures and mania in bipolar disorder, as well as the prevention of migraine headaches. Here, we present a case of VPA-induced pancreatitis in a patient with vascular dementia, epileptic seizures, and psychiatric symptoms. He had no distinctive abdominal symptoms. CASE PRESENTATION: A 66-year-old Japanese man was treated with VPA for agitation and violent behavior due to vascular dementia, epileptic seizures, and psychiatric symptoms. During admission, he experienced a sudden decrease in consciousness and blood pressure. Abdominal findings were unremarkable; however, blood tests showed an inflammatory response and elevated amylase levels. Contrast-enhanced abdominal computed tomography showed diffuse pancreatic enlargement and inflammation extending to the subrenal pole. VPA-induced acute pancreatitis was diagnosed, VPA was discontinued, and high-dose infusions were administered. Acute pancreatitis resolved after treatment initiation. CONCLUSIONS: Clinicians should be aware of this relatively rare side effect of VPA. Diagnosis may be challenging in elderly people and patients with dementia as they may present with non-specific symptoms. Clinicians should consider the risk of acute pancreatitis when using VPA in patients who cannot report spontaneous symptoms. Blood amylase and other parameters should be measured accordingly. BioMed Central 2023-05-29 /pmc/articles/PMC10226237/ /pubmed/37246215 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-023-03964-4 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Yanaga, Mako Okamoto, Naomichi Hashimoto, Reia Igata, Ryohei Konishi, Yuki Ikenouchi, Atsuko Isomoto, Naoki Shinkai, Takahiro Harada, Masaru Yoshimura, Reiji Acute pancreatitis during valproic acid administration in a patient with vascular dementia, epileptic seizures, and psychiatric symptoms: a case report |
title | Acute pancreatitis during valproic acid administration in a patient with vascular dementia, epileptic seizures, and psychiatric symptoms: a case report |
title_full | Acute pancreatitis during valproic acid administration in a patient with vascular dementia, epileptic seizures, and psychiatric symptoms: a case report |
title_fullStr | Acute pancreatitis during valproic acid administration in a patient with vascular dementia, epileptic seizures, and psychiatric symptoms: a case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Acute pancreatitis during valproic acid administration in a patient with vascular dementia, epileptic seizures, and psychiatric symptoms: a case report |
title_short | Acute pancreatitis during valproic acid administration in a patient with vascular dementia, epileptic seizures, and psychiatric symptoms: a case report |
title_sort | acute pancreatitis during valproic acid administration in a patient with vascular dementia, epileptic seizures, and psychiatric symptoms: a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10226237/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37246215 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-023-03964-4 |
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