COVID-19 ASSOCIATED WITH ACUTE PANCREATITIS: A CASE REPORT

• Autor(a) principal: Paravidino, Letícia Martins
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Valencia, Heitor Carvalho Moulin, Barreto, Letícia Oliveira, Wekid, Maria Luiza Fagundes, Almeida, Miguel Ribeiro, Valencia, Márcia Maria Moulin
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Científica da Faculdade de Medicina de Campos
• Texto Completo: https://www.fmc.br/ojs/index.php/RCFMC/article/view/395
• topic: Palavras-chave: Coronavírus; Pancreatite, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2; Keywords: Coronavirus; Pancreatitis; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2

  Abstract:   The infection by the virus SARS-CoV-2, commonly known as “the new coronavirus”, was responsible for the pandemic status instaured in late 2019. The COVID-19, how it’s commonly named, affects mostly the respiratory system (upper and lower airways). The most common clinical manifestations are fever, cough, myalgia and fatigue. The patient can also present respiratory secretions, headache, hemoptysis and gastrointestinal disorders such as diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and hyporexia. Despite the not so high mortality rate of the virus towards the majority of the population, a group of people that includes elderly citizens, imunodepressed, cariopaths, obese, diabetics and hypertensive patients are known as the risk group for this disease. In this current study, we report a case of a 51 year-old female patient that presented severe abdominal pain in the upper abdomen, which is a sign of pancreatitis. During hospitalization, the patient presented new signs and symptoms, with positive test results for COVID-19. The patient was discharged from the hospital after a very long hospitalization period, demonstrating the importance of a multidisciplinary team on the early treatment of the SARS-CoV-2 infected patients.    Keywords: Coronavirus; Pancreatitis; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2