A Case Report on Acute Pancreatitis in a Patient With Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pneumonia

Copyright © 2021, Gupta et al..

With the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, there has been an explosion of scientific literature on the clinical manifestations and pathogenesis of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Gastrointestinal symptoms occur in 15-20% of COVID-19 patients; however, there have not been many case reports on acute pancreatitis in COVID-19 patients. The expression of ACE-2 ([angiotensin-converting enzyme 2] the host receptor for SARS-CoV-2) is very high in the pancreas, which might be a contributing factor, but the high expression is mainly localized to endocrine pancreas. This case report describes a case of a 25-year-old Indian female with COVID-19 with acute pancreatitis in the absence of any other known risk factors for pancreatitis.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Cureus - 13(2021), 4 vom: 22. Apr., Seite e14628

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gupta, Aviral [VerfasserIn]
Bansal, Dharam P [VerfasserIn]
Rijhwani, Puneet [VerfasserIn]
Singh, Vipasha [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acute pancreatitis
Amylase
Case Reports
Coronavirus disease 2019
Covid-19
Lipase
Sars-cov-2
Viral pancreatitis

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Date Revised 30.05.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.7759/cureus.14628

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM325950121