Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis with Cystic Lesion Concomitant with SARS-CoV-2
  • Yash Kripalani
    Department of Critical Care Medicine, Holy Family Hospital, Bandra, India https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3014-2184
  • Koulsoum Houssein
    Department of General Internal Medicine, Holy Family Hospital, Bandra, India
  • Anjum Shaikh
    Department of Critical Care Medicine, Holy Family Hospital, Bandra, India

Keywords

COVID-19, pancreatitis, lipase, amylase, pandemic

Abstract

SARS-CoV-2 causes severe acute respiratory distress and other clinical complications such as thromboembolic events and gastrointestinal tract disorders, which generally present with abdominal pain. In the case report, we describe a patient who had severe viral necrotizing pancreatitis associated with COVID-19 infection.

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    Published: 2021-07-28
    Issue: 2021: Vol 8 No 7 (view)

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    Kripalani Y, Houssein K, Shaikh A. Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis with Cystic Lesion Concomitant with SARS-CoV-2. EJCRIM 2021;8 doi:10.12890/2021_002712.