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Case Reports
. 2021;33(1):10.
doi: 10.1186/s43162-021-00039-y. Epub 2021 Mar 8.

COVID-induced pancreatitis: case report

Mohamed-Naguib Wifi  1 , Ahmed Nabil  2 , Abeer Awad  1 , Reham Eltatawy  2
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Case Reports

COVID-induced pancreatitis: case report

Mohamed-Naguib Wifi et al. Egypt J Intern Med. 2021.

Abstract

Background: Although the frequent respiratory affection in COVID-19, it is well established that it could be presented with a wide variation of gastrointestinal symptoms; however, it is the effect on the pancreas remains unclear.

Case presentation: We report a case of female patient, who was diagnosed with COVID-19 infection. A week later, the patient developed an attack of acute pancreatitis. Other causes of acute pancreatitis were excluded. Therefore, this was attributed to SARS-COV2 infection.

Conclusion: The case raises awareness about the possibility of acute pancreatitis in COVID-19. Also emphasize the importance of measuring serum amylase and lipase in patients with COVID-19.

Keywords: Acute pancreatitis; COVID-19.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interestsThe authors declare no potential competing interests.

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CT chest revealed mosaic attenuation with mainly subplural ground glass opacities with thickened vascular wall as well as septal thickening in keeping with small airways obstruction disease
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