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ArticleTranslational gastroenterology and hepatology2021

Acute pancreatitis in a patient with COVID-19: a case report.

Chiranjeevi Gadiparthi, Sonmoon Mohapatra, Sowjanya Kanna, Vinit Vykuntam, William Chen

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Article in Translational gastroenterology and hepatology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Chiranjeevi GadiparthiDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint Peter's University Hospital-Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
Sonmoon MohapatraDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint Peter's University Hospital-Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
Sowjanya KannaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Vinit VykuntamUniversity of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UK.
William ChenDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Saint Peter's University Hospital-Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · USAllegheny Health Network · USSaint Peter's University Hospital · USUniversity of Cambridge · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The global pandemic of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is predominantly a respiratory illness, but gastrointestinal (GI) manifestations of variable severity have been reported. In patients with COVID-19 pneumonia, observational studies have demonstrated the elevation of pancreatic enzymes as surrogate markers for pancreatic injury without evidence of acute pancreatitis (AP). We report a case of AP in a patient with COVID-19 with SARS-CoV-2 as possible etiological agent with imaging evidence of pancreatitis. We hypothesize a causal relationship of SARS-CoV-2 in this patient with an otherwise unexplained presentation of AP after excluding the common causes. We postulate that AP in COVID-19 could be related to the abundant expression of angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE 2) receptors in the pancreas which serve as viral entry binding receptors for SARS-CoV-2 or due to direct viral involvement of the pancreas. Although there seems to be an association between diabetes and AP, the available data regarding the etiological role of diabetes in causing AP is very limited. We also propose that imaging studies such as computerized tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen should be considered in the diagnosis of AP in patients with COVID-19 infection to exclude the false positive amylase and lipase.

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Acute pancreatitis (AP)case reportcoronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19)severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)structural damage

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