Case Report

Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis Probably Induced by Rosuvastatin Therapy: A Case Report

Table 2

Previously reported cases of statin-induced pancreatitis.

AuthorPatient age/genderAssociated drug/sDrug rechallengeOutcome

Belaiche et al. 2000 [4]63/MaleAtorvastatinNoComplete recovery
Tysk et al. 2002 [5]36/MaleFluvastatinYes: RecurrenceComplete recovery
McDonald et al. 2002 [6]70/MaleSimvastatin & FenofibrateNoFatal
Miltiadous et al. 2003 [7]60/MaleSalicylate & AtorvastatinNoNot available
Anagnostopoulos et al. 2003 [8]56/MalePravastatinYes: RecurrenceComplete recovery
Singh et al. 2004 [9]77/FemaleAtorvastatin & RosuvastatinYes: Recurrence with RosuvastatinComplete recovery
Antonopoulos et al. 2005 [10]58/MaleSalicylate & SimvastatinNoComplete recovery
Tsigrelis and Pitchumoni 2006 [11]50/FemalePravastatinNoComplete recovery
Present case. 201267/FemaleRosuvastatinYes: RecurrenceComplete recovery