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Case Reports
. 2021 Jan-Dec:9:23247096211009393.
doi: 10.1177/23247096211009393.

COVID-19 Presenting as Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis

Mohammad Mohammadi Arbati  1 , Mohammad Hadi Molseghi  1
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Case Reports

COVID-19 Presenting as Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis

Mohammad Mohammadi Arbati et al. J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep. 2021 Jan-Dec.

Abstract

The ongoing pandemic of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) originated in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Various manifestations of coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2]) have been reported since the pandemic began. Some articles have reported acute pancreatitis in several patients due to COVID-19 infection. In this case report, we introduce a patient in whom SARS-CoV-2 caused necrotizing pancreatitis. Acute abdomen is one of the manifestations of COVID-19. Various causes such as acute pancreatitis and necrotizing pancreatitis can be in the list of differential diagnoses.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; necrotizing pancreatitis; pandemic.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
(A, B) Chest computed tomography (CT) revealed bilateral subpleural patchy consolidation and ground glass opacities. (C, D) Abdominal CT scan showing the presence of fluid in the splenorenal space and severe inflammation and heterogeneous density of the pancreas.
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