Acute pancreatitis in a patient with COVID-19: A case report

IF 0.2 Q4 GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY

International Journal of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Diseases Pub Date : 2020-01-01 DOI:10.5348/100092z04mk2020cr

M. Kolhe, Praveen Sharma, S. Anikhindi, N. Bansal, Munish Saachdeva, A. Arora

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Introduction: The world is in the middle of the COVID-19 global pandemic Case load is rising on exponential rate and we have already crossed 20 million mark Typical presenting feature of COVID-19 is asymptomatic/mild or symptoms/acute respiratory illness and death Gastrointestinal (GI) manifestations are common like loose stools, nausea, and abdominal pain Case Report: A case of a 19-year-old girl without previous comorbidities presented with typical symptoms of COVID-19 During hospital stay she developed abdominal pain and diagnosed severe pancreatitis All common causes of acute pancreatitis were ruled out by doing relevant investigations Her pancreatitis was severe and required percutaneous drainage of necrotic material She was discharged after prolonged hospital stay even after her negative COVID test Conclusion: Atypical presentation of COVID-19 is increasing with increasing case load Abdominal pain in a patient with COVID should be evaluated for acute pancreatitis and be treated accordingly to lessen morbidity and mortality

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COVID-19患者急性胰腺炎1例报告

导论:世界正处于COVID-19全球大流行的中期，病例量呈指数级增长，已经超过2000万。典型的症状是无症状/轻度或症状/急性呼吸道疾病和死亡。胃肠道(GI)表现常见，如稀便、恶心、腹痛。1例19岁女孩，既往无合并症，住院期间出现典型COVID-19症状，腹痛，诊断为重症胰腺炎，经相关检查排除急性胰腺炎的常见原因，胰腺炎严重，需经皮穿刺坏死物质，即使COVID检测阴性，仍延长住院时间出院。COVID-19的非典型表现随着病例量的增加而增加，应评估COVID-19患者的腹痛是否为急性胰腺炎，并进行相应的治疗，以降低发病率和死亡率

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