Wifi Mohamed-Naguib, Nabil Ahmed, Awad Abeer, Eltatawy Reham
Internal Medicine Department, Hepatogastroenterology Unit, Kasr Al-Ainy School of Medicine, Cairo University, Kasr Al-Aini Street, Cairo, Egypt.
Department of General Surgery, Kasr Al-Ainy School of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Egypt J Intern Med. 2021;33(1):10. doi: 10.1186/s43162-021-00039-y. Epub 2021 Mar 8.
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.
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.
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.
尽管新型冠状病毒肺炎(COVID-19)常伴有呼吸道症状,但已有充分证据表明其可出现多种胃肠道症状;然而,其对胰腺的影响仍不明确。
我们报告一例女性患者,被诊断为COVID-19感染。一周后,该患者发作急性胰腺炎。排除了急性胰腺炎的其他病因。因此,这归因于严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2(SARS-CoV-2)感染。
该病例提高了对COVID-19患者发生急性胰腺炎可能性的认识。同时强调了对COVID-19患者检测血清淀粉酶和脂肪酶的重要性。