Liver infarction and acrodermatitis enteropathica are rare complications of chronic pancreatitis. This report shows the case of a 56-year-old man who developed liver infarction due to portal vein thrombosis from chronic pancreatitis and acrodermatitis enteropathica during the course of his treatment. The rare combination of these complications in a patient with chronic pancreatitis has never previously been reported in the literature.
Acrodermatitis/*etiology/pathology/therapy ; Chronic Disease ; Human ; Infarction/*etiology ; Liver/*blood supply ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Pancreatitis/*complications ; Portal Vein ; Venous Thrombosis/complications/etiology ; Zinc/administration & dosage/deficiency