COVID-19 presenting as acute pancreatitis

Mark M Aloysius; Ashwin Thatti; Anjalika Gupta; Nishant Sharma; Pardeep Bansal; Hemant Goyal

doi:10.1016/j.pan.2020.05.003

COVID-19 presenting as acute pancreatitis

Pancreatology. 2020 Jul;20(5):1026-1027. doi: 10.1016/j.pan.2020.05.003. Epub 2020 May 8.

Authors

Mark M Aloysius¹, Ashwin Thatti², Anjalika Gupta³, Nishant Sharma⁴, Pardeep Bansal⁵, Hemant Goyal⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, 501S.Washington Avenue, Scranton, PA, 18505, USA; Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, 525, Pine Street, Scranton, PA, 18510, USA. Electronic address: madhoka@thewrightcenter.org.
² Department of Internal Medicine, The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, 501S.Washington Avenue, Scranton, PA, 18505, USA. Electronic address: thattia@thewrightcenter.org.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, 501S.Washington Avenue, Scranton, PA, 18505, USA. Electronic address: imanjalika@gmail.com.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, 501S.Washington Avenue, Scranton, PA, 18505, USA. Electronic address: sharman@thewrightcenter.org.
⁵ Department of Gastroenterology, Commonwealth Health Regional Hospital of Scranton, 746, Jefferson Ave, Scranton, PA, 18510, USA. Electronic address: pardeep79@yahoo.com.
⁶ Department of Internal Medicine, The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, 501S.Washington Avenue, Scranton, PA, 18505, USA; Mercer University School of Medicine, 707 Pine St., Macon, GA31201, USA. Electronic address: goyalh@thewrightcenter.org.

Abstract

The ongoing pandemic of Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has spread over 200 countries worldwide, affecting >2 million people and >120,000 deaths. COVID-19 is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). The most common symptoms include cough, shortness of breath, and fever. However, gastrointestinal manifestations of COVID-19 are increasingly being recognized. Herein, we report a case of COVID-19 who presented with acute pancreatitis (AP) without any other risk factors.

Keywords: Acute pancreatitis; Atlanta classification; COVID-19; Pandemic; SARS-CoV-2.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Adult
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / complications*
Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis
Critical Care
Female
Humans
Pancreatitis / complications*
Pancreatitis / diagnosis
Pancreatitis / diagnostic imaging
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / complications*
Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome