1. Is SARS-COV-2 a New Trigger of Acute Pancreatitis? A Case Report.
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Magounaki, Kalliopi, Kalafatis, Emmanouil, Stergiou, Dimitris, and Kyriazis, Ioannis
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PANCREATITIS diagnosis ,RISK assessment ,DIARRHEA ,PLEURAL effusions ,CHOLANGIOGRAPHY ,CIPROFLOXACIN ,ABDOMINAL pain ,COMPUTED tomography ,POLYMERASE chain reaction ,COVID-19 testing ,WHITE people ,HOSPITAL emergency services ,ATELECTASIS ,MAGNETIC resonance imaging ,TREATMENT effectiveness ,PANCREATITIS ,ANTIVIRAL agents ,ANGIOTENSIN converting enzyme ,METRONIDAZOLE ,VOMITING ,COVID-19 ,ABDOMINAL radiography ,CONTRAST media ,DISEASE risk factors - Abstract
Although SARS-CoV-2 commonly affects the respiratory system, several other major organ systems can be involved, including the gastrointestinal. The main gastrointestinal manifestations are diarrhoea, nausea, and vomiting. Few cases of acute pancreatitis along with COVID-19 infection have been reported. Current evidence stresses that both clinical and radiographic studies can be suggestive of acute pancreatitis in COVID-19 patients, even without any respiratory symptoms. We report a case of a female patient who presented with severe epigastric pain and vomiting and was diagnosed with acute pancreatitis on a COVID-19 infection. The patient had an otherwise unremarkable medical history. Upper respiratory symptoms were developed on day 2 of her hospital stay. Acute pancreatitis was attributed to the COVID-19 infection, following the exclusion of other common causes of pancreatitis. Our case points out that acute pancreatitis can be developed in asymptomatic COVID-19-infected patients as well as those with a mild form of COVID-19 infection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...
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- 2024