Journal Basic Info
- Impact Factor: 1.809**
- H-Index: 6
- ISSN: 2474-1655
- DOI: 10.25107/2474-1655
Major Scope
- Anatomy
- Infectious Disease
- Emergency Medicine and Critical Care
- Diabetology
- Forensic and Legal Medicine
- Family Medicine and Public Health
- Nuclear Medicine
- Molecular Biology
Abstract
Citation: Ann Clin Case Rep. 2021;6(1):1942.DOI: 10.25107/2474-1655.1942
Acute Pancreatitis is a Presenting Feature of COVID-19
AlSaraj F, Yamak H , Deduchova A , ElHaout J and Abdelkarim M
1 Department of General Internal Medicine, Parkview Hospital, UAE 2 Department of Gastroenterology, Parkview Hospital, UAE
*Correspondance to: Fuad AlSaraj
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Abstract:
A 63-year-old lady presented to the emergency department complaining of severe abdominal pain, fever with loss of taste and smell of one-week duration. She had history of a right-sided nephrectomy. Laboratory and radiological investigations confirmed the diagnosis of acute pancreatitis with COVID-19. The management was conservative and the patient discharged after 16 days of hospital admission. We reporting, acute pancreatitis is the presenting feature however in previous reports of COVID-19, it may be a complication. Therefore, clinicians should be aware of gastrointestinal symptoms in the current pandemic.
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AlSaraj F, Yamak H, Deduchova A, ElHaout J, Abdelkarim M. Acute Pancreatitis is a Presenting Feature of COVID-19. Ann Clin Case Rep. 2021; 6: 1942..
