COVID-19-associated acute pancreatitis: a rare cause of acute abdomen

Abstract

Covid-19 is a viral disease that has spread throughout the world causing unprecedented impact on millions of people. It's a pandemic disease called officially by the World Health Organization in March 11, 2020. The disease mainly involves the upper respiratory tract system. Extrapulmonary manifestations are still not well understood. In this report, we describe a case of acute pancreatitis in a patient with Covid-19 infection who presented to our hospital.

Keywords

• COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019
• RT-PCR, reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction
• CT, computed tomography
• CECT, contrast enhanced computed tomography
• ED, emergency department