TY - JOUR
T1 - Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) associated with severe acute pancreatitis
T2 - Case report on three family members
AU - Hadi, Amer
AU - Werge, Mikkel
AU - Kristiansen, Klaus Tjelle
AU - Pedersen, Ulf Gøttrup
AU - Karstensen, John Gásdal
AU - Novovic, Srdan
AU - Gluud, Lise Lotte
N1 - Copyright © 2020 IAP and EPC. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/6/1
Y1 - 2020/6/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Acute pancreatitis
KW - COVID-19
KW - SARS-CoV-2
KW - Severe acute pancreatitis
KW - Viral pancreatitis
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U2 - 10.1016/j.pan.2020.04.021
DO - 10.1016/j.pan.2020.04.021
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 32387082
SN - 1424-3903
VL - 20
SP - 665
EP - 667
JO - Pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) ... [et al.]
JF - Pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) ... [et al.]
IS - 4
ER -