SARS-CoV-2 Infection as a Cause of Acute Pancreatitis in a Child—A Case Report

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was detected for the first time in China in December 2019. Soon after it was declared a pandemic. Main symptoms include fever, dyspnea, cough, muscle pain, headache, anosmia and ageusia, however a growing body of evidence shows that other organs can be affect...

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Autores principales: Kopiczko, Natalia, Kwiatek-Średzińska, Kamila, Uścinowicz, Mirosława, Kowalczuk-Krystoń, Monika, Lebensztejn, Dariusz Marek
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8544704/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34698241
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pediatric13040065
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Sumario:The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was detected for the first time in China in December 2019. Soon after it was declared a pandemic. Main symptoms include fever, dyspnea, cough, muscle pain, headache, anosmia and ageusia, however a growing body of evidence shows that other organs can be affected. Gastrointestinal manifestations have been observed in a considerable number of patients and include abdominal pain, diarrhea and vomiting. The involvement of liver as well as pancreas has been also described, however there are only a few cases of acute pancreatitis reported in patients with COVID-19. Therefore, we present a case of 6-year-old child with mild acute pancreatitis and COVID-19 pneumonia.

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