COVID-19-associated acute pancreatitis: a rare cause of acute abdomen
Safaa Saeed Al Mazrouei, Ghufran Aref Saeed, Abeer Ahmed Al Helali
Abstract
Covid-19 is a viral disease that has spread throughout the world causing unprecedented impact on millions of people. It's a pandemic disease called officially by the World Health Organization in March 11, 2020. The disease mainly involves the upper respiratory tract system. Extrapulmonary manifestations are still not well understood. In this report, we describe a case of acute pancreatitis in a patient with Covid-19 infection who presented to our hospital.
Topics & Concepts
Acute pancreatitisMedicineCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)PandemicDiseaseAcute abdomenPancreatitisIntensive care medicine2019-20 coronavirus outbreakRare diseaseSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Internal medicinePathologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)OutbreakPancreatitis Pathology and TreatmentPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology ResearchDermatological and COVID-19 studies