Pancreatitis Centre East, Gastrounit, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark.
Pancreatitis Centre East, Gastrounit, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark.
Pancreatology. 2020 Jun;20(4):665-667. doi: 10.1016/j.pan.2020.04.021. Epub 2020 May 5.
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Abdominal pain is one of the known symptoms associated with coronavirus disease 2019. Little is known about the development of acute pancreatitis as a complication of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection. This case report describes the presentation of acute pancreatitis in two of three family members with severe COVID-19 infection.
Data were collected from three family members admitted with COVID-19 to the intensive care unit in March 2020. This study was reviewed and approved by the local data and ethics committee (31-1521-253).
Two of the three family members were diagnosed with acute pancreatitis associated with SARS-CoV-2. Other causes of acute pancreatitis were excluded for both patients (including alcohol, biliary obstruction/gall stones, drugs, trauma, hypertriglyceridemia, hypercalcemia, and hypotension).
These cases highlight acute pancreatitis as a complication associated with COVID-19 and underlines the importance of measuring pancreas-specific plasma amylase in patients with COVID-19 and abdominal pain.
背景/目的:腹痛是与 2019 年冠状病毒病相关的已知症状之一。关于严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒 2 感染作为急性胰腺炎并发症的发展,知之甚少。本病例报告描述了 3 名严重 COVID-19 感染患者中 2 名家庭成员发生急性胰腺炎的表现。
从 2020 年 3 月因 COVID-19 入住重症监护病房的 3 名家庭成员中收集数据。本研究经当地数据和伦理委员会(31-1521-253)审查和批准。
3 名家庭成员中有 2 名被诊断为 SARS-CoV-2 相关的急性胰腺炎。排除了这两名患者的其他急性胰腺炎病因(包括酒精、胆道梗阻/胆石症、药物、创伤、高甘油三酯血症、高钙血症和低血压)。
这些病例强调了急性胰腺炎是 COVID-19 的一种并发症,并强调了在 COVID-19 患者和腹痛患者中测量胰腺特异性血浆淀粉酶的重要性。