Acute Pancreatitis in Mild COVID-19 Infection

The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused a global health crisis. This virus uses angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptors to facilitate cellular entry. ACE2 receptors appear to be highly expressed in pancr...

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Autores principales: Lakshmanan, Seetha, Malik, Amer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7502416/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32968552
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9886
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description The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused a global health crisis. This virus uses angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptors to facilitate cellular entry. ACE2 receptors appear to be highly expressed in pancreatic exocrine glands and islet cells, more so than in lung tissues, suggesting that pancreatic injury can occur despite having only mild COVID-19 symptoms. We report a patient with COVID-19 who presented with only gastrointestinal symptoms and discuss the importance of identifying pancreatitis early to improve prognosis.
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spelling pubmed-75024162020-09-22 Acute Pancreatitis in Mild COVID-19 Infection Lakshmanan, Seetha Malik, Amer Cureus Internal Medicine The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused a global health crisis. This virus uses angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptors to facilitate cellular entry. ACE2 receptors appear to be highly expressed in pancreatic exocrine glands and islet cells, more so than in lung tissues, suggesting that pancreatic injury can occur despite having only mild COVID-19 symptoms. We report a patient with COVID-19 who presented with only gastrointestinal symptoms and discuss the importance of identifying pancreatitis early to improve prognosis. Cureus 2020-08-20 /pmc/articles/PMC7502416/ /pubmed/32968552 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9886 Text en Copyright © 2020, Lakshmanan et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Lakshmanan, Seetha
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Acute Pancreatitis in Mild COVID-19 Infection
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title_short Acute Pancreatitis in Mild COVID-19 Infection
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7502416/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32968552
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