The
Korean hemorrhagic fever is an acute febrile
disease, which characteristically accompanies high
fever,
abdominal pain,
headache,
vomiting,
bleeding tendency and
renal failure. The
Korean hemorrhagic fever displays various clinical manifestations and
courses. Complication includes
hypertension, intra-organ
bleeding, respiratory problems including
pulmonary edema,
pituitary insufficiency,
infection and
anemia. In rare cases, cardiac
complications, such as acute
myocarditis and
atrioventricular conduction block were reported. In addition, an
acute pancreatitis, which accompanied
serum amylase and
lipase elevation, was rarely reported as one of the cause of
abdominal pain in the
patients with the
Korean hemorrhagic fever. We
report a
patient,
who were diagnosed with
Korean hemorrhagic fever and displayed persistent
abdominal pain, elevation of
serum amylase and
lipase, and
detection of diffuse
edema of the
pancreas and fluid collection in the
retroperitoneal space, especially around the
pancreas and
kidney, in the ultrasound and CT scan.