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Case Report
Acute pancreatitis in a patient with COVID-19: A case report
1 DNB; Postgraduate Student at Institute of Liver Gastroenterology & Pancreatico Biliary Sciences, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India
2 MD, DM; Consultant at Institute of Liver Gastroenterology & Pancreatico Biliary Sciences, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India
3 MD, DNB, FRCPE; Consultant at Institute of Liver Gastroenterology & Pancreatico Biliary Sciences, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India
4 MD, DNB; Consultant at Institute of Liver Gastroenterology & Pancreatico Biliary Sciences, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India
5 MD, DM, Chairman at Institute of Liver Gastroenterology & Pancreatico Biliary Sciences, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India
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Praveen Sharma
Department of Gastroenterology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi,
India
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Article ID: 100092Z04MK2020
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Kolhe M, Sharma P, Anikhindi S, Bansal N, Saachdeva M, Arora A. Acute pancreatitis in a patient with COVID-19: A case report. Int J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Dis 2020;10: 100092Z04MK2020.ABSTRACT
Introduction: The world is in the middle of the COVID-19 global pandemic. Case load is rising on exponential rate and we have already crossed 20 million mark. Typical presenting feature of COVID-19 is asymptomatic/mild or symptoms/acute respiratory illness and death. Gastrointestinal (GI) manifestations are common like loose stools, nausea, and abdominal pain.
Case Report: A case of a 19-year-old girl without previous comorbidities presented with typical symptoms of COVID-19. During hospital stay she developed abdominal pain and diagnosed severe pancreatitis. All common causes of acute pancreatitis were ruled out by doing relevant investigations. Her pancreatitis was severe and required percutaneous drainage of necrotic material. She was discharged after prolonged hospital stay even after her negative COVID test.
Conclusion: Atypical presentation of COVID-19 is increasing with increasing case load. Abdominal pain in a patient with COVID should be evaluated for acute pancreatitis and be treated accordingly to lessen morbidity and mortality.
Keywords: Abdominal pain, Acute pancreatitis, Atypical presentation, COVID
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Manoj Kolhe - Conception of the work, Design of the work, Acquisition of data, Drafting the work, Final approval of the version to be published, Agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
Praveen Sharma - Conception of the work, Design of the work, Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Drafting the work, Revising the work critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published, Agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
Shrihari Anikhindi - Acquisition of data, Revising the work critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published, Agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
Naresh Bansal - Acquisition of data, Revising the work critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published, Agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
Munish Saachdeva - Acquisition of data, Drafting the work, Final approval of the version to be published, Agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
Anil Arora - Acquisition of data, Revising the work critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published, Agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
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Conflict of InterestAuthors declare no conflict of interest.
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