Can COVID-19 Cause Pancreatitis? A Rare Complication of SARS-CoV-2 Infection.

J Coll Physicians Surg Pak

Department of Internal Medicine, Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar, Pakistan.

Published: July 2021

Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) emerged as a cluster of atypical pneumonia in Wuhan, China in December 2019. This disease has been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. COVID-19 patients mostly present with upper respiratory symptoms like dyspnea, cough and fever. Various neurological, myocardial, renal and gastrointestinal complications have been reported associated with SARS-CoV-2. Acute pancreatitis is one of the common causes of upper abdominal pain, caused by alcohol consumption, gall stones and various viruses and drugs. We present a case of a young female, who was recently diagnosed as COVID-19 and later on developed acute pancreatitis without any other risk factors.  Key Words: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Acute pancreatitis.

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