Acute pancreatitis as an chikungunya atypical manifestation. A case report

Chikungunya fever is a tropical disease transmitted to humans by the mosquito bite Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus. It is characterized clinically by causing high fever, headache, myalgias and arthralgias; usually has a benign behavior, but cases with atypical manifestations that produce mortality are reported. It is an emerging virus in the 21st century. We report a case of a 52-year-old female patient living in Quito, Ecuador, with abdominal pain, chest pain, arthralgia, myalgias and fever. It was treated by acute pancreatitis of origin to determine, however by epidemiological antecedents and suggestive clinical, we decided to request IgM for chikungunya which was positive. The patient received treatment with hydration and analgesia, with adequate clinical response