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Editor, Senior Moderator
Pancreatology. 2020 May 5. pii: S1424-3903(20)30147-2. doi: 10.1016/j.pan.2020.04.021. [Epub ahead of print]
Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) associated with severe acute pancreatitis: Case report on three family members.
Hadi A[SUP]1[/SUP], Werge M[SUP]2[/SUP], Kristiansen KT[SUP]3[/SUP], Pedersen UG[SUP]3[/SUP], Karstensen JG[SUP]4[/SUP], Novovic S[SUP]5[/SUP], Gluud LL[SUP]4[/SUP].
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Abstract
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:
Abdominal pain is one of the known symptoms associated with coronavirus disease 2019. Little is known about the development of acute pancreatitis as a complication of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection. This case report describes the presentation of acute pancreatitis in two of three family members with severe COVID-19 infection.
METHODS:
Data were collected from three family members admitted with COVID-19 to the intensive care unit in March 2020. This study was reviewed and approved by the local data and ethics committee (31-1521-253).
RESULTS:
Two of the three family members were diagnosed with acute pancreatitis associated with SARS-CoV-2. Other causes of acute pancreatitis were excluded for both patients (including alcohol, biliary obstruction/gall stones, drugs, trauma, hypertriglyceridemia, hypercalcemia, and hypotension).
CONCLUSIONS:
These cases highlight acute pancreatitis as a complication associated with COVID-19 and underlines the importance of measuring pancreas-specific plasma amylase in patients with COVID-19 and abdominal pain.
Copyright ? 2020 IAP and EPC. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
KEYWORDS:
Acute pancreatitis; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Severe acute pancreatitis; Viral pancreatitis
PMID:32387082DOI:10.1016/j.pan.2020.04.021
Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) associated with severe acute pancreatitis: Case report on three family members.
Hadi A[SUP]1[/SUP], Werge M[SUP]2[/SUP], Kristiansen KT[SUP]3[/SUP], Pedersen UG[SUP]3[/SUP], Karstensen JG[SUP]4[/SUP], Novovic S[SUP]5[/SUP], Gluud LL[SUP]4[/SUP].
Author information
Abstract
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:
Abdominal pain is one of the known symptoms associated with coronavirus disease 2019. Little is known about the development of acute pancreatitis as a complication of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection. This case report describes the presentation of acute pancreatitis in two of three family members with severe COVID-19 infection.
METHODS:
Data were collected from three family members admitted with COVID-19 to the intensive care unit in March 2020. This study was reviewed and approved by the local data and ethics committee (31-1521-253).
RESULTS:
Two of the three family members were diagnosed with acute pancreatitis associated with SARS-CoV-2. Other causes of acute pancreatitis were excluded for both patients (including alcohol, biliary obstruction/gall stones, drugs, trauma, hypertriglyceridemia, hypercalcemia, and hypotension).
CONCLUSIONS:
These cases highlight acute pancreatitis as a complication associated with COVID-19 and underlines the importance of measuring pancreas-specific plasma amylase in patients with COVID-19 and abdominal pain.
Copyright ? 2020 IAP and EPC. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
KEYWORDS:
Acute pancreatitis; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; Severe acute pancreatitis; Viral pancreatitis
PMID:32387082DOI:10.1016/j.pan.2020.04.021