Acalculous Acute Pancreatitis in a COVID-19 Patient
  • Pedro Antunes Meireles
    Serviço de Medicina 2, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal; Serviço de Oncologia Médica, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Filipe Bessa
    Serviço de Medicina 2, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Pedro Gaspar
    Serviço de Medicina 2, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal; Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Inês Parreira
    Serviço de Medicina 2, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Virgílio Dias Silva
    Serviço de Medicina 2, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal; Serviço de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Catarina Mota
    Serviço de Medicina 2, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal
  • Lourdes Alvoeiro
    Serviço de Medicina 2, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal

Keywords

SARS-CoV-2, amylase, lipase, acute pancreatitis

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a multisystemic condition caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) with manifestations ranging from mild upper respiratory symptoms to cytokine storm causing acute respiratory distress syndrome. Pancreatic exocrine tissue and endocrine islets both express angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), the proven receptor for SARS-CoV-2 cell internalization. An increase in pancreatic enzymes has been increasingly recognized in patients with COVID-19, but little is known about the real prevalence of acute pancreatitis in this population. We report a case of acute acalculous pancreatitis in a COVID-19 patient.

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    Published: 2020-05-13
    Issue: 2020: Vol 7 No 6 (view)


    How to cite:
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    Antunes Meireles P, Bessa F, Gaspar P, Parreira I, Dias Silva V, Mota C, Alvoeiro L. Acalculous Acute Pancreatitis in a COVID-19 Patient. EJCRIM 2020;7 doi:10.12890/2020_001710.

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