Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) associated with severe acute pancreatitis: Case report on three family members

Amer Hadi; Mikkel Werge; Klaus Tjelle Kristiansen; Ulf Gøttrup Pedersen; John Gásdal Karstensen; Srdan Novovic; Lise Lotte Gluud

doi:10.1016/j.pan.2020.04.021

Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) associated with severe acute pancreatitis: Case report on three family members

Amer Hadi, Mikkel Werge, Klaus Tjelle Kristiansen, Ulf Gøttrup Pedersen, John Gásdal Karstensen, Srdan Novovic, Lise Lotte Gluud

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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.

Original language	English
Journal	Pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) ... [et al.]
Volume	20
Issue number	4
Pages (from-to)	665-667
Number of pages	3
ISSN	1424-3903
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pan.2020.04.021
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2020

Keywords

Acute pancreatitis
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
Severe acute pancreatitis
Viral pancreatitis

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Hadi, A., Werge, M., Kristiansen, K. T., Pedersen, U. G., Karstensen, J. G., Novovic, S., & Gluud, L. L. (2020). Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) associated with severe acute pancreatitis: Case report on three family members. Pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) ... [et al.], 20(4), 665-667. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pan.2020.04.021

Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) associated with severe acute pancreatitis: Case report on three family members. / Hadi, Amer ; Werge, Mikkel ; Kristiansen, Klaus Tjelle et al.
In: Pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) ... [et al.], Vol. 20, No. 4, 01.06.2020, p. 665-667.

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Hadi, A , Werge, M , Kristiansen, KT, Pedersen, UG, Karstensen, JG , Novovic, S & Gluud, LL 2020, 'Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) associated with severe acute pancreatitis: Case report on three family members', Pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) ... [et al.], vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 665-667. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pan.2020.04.021

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