Case Report

COVID-19 and Acute Pancreatitis: A Case Report

Abstract

Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) became a serious public health problem and caused a rapid pandemic. Fever, dry cough, and dyspnea are the most common symptoms of COVID-19. In addition to the respiratory symptoms, gastrointestinal manifestations of COVID-19 are also increasingly recognized. Herein, the authors present a patient with COVID-19 complicated with acute pancreatitis.

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IssueVol 59, No 8 (2021) QRcode
SectionCase Report(s)
DOI https://doi.org/10.18502/acta.v59i8.7260
Keywords
Pancreatitis Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-Cov-2) Pneumonia

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Hakamifard A, Gholipur-Shahraki T. COVID-19 and Acute Pancreatitis: A Case Report. Acta Med Iran. 2021;59(8):513-515.