Combination of ectopic pancreas and intestinal malrotation presenting as non-specific right iliac fossa pain in a SARS-CoV-2 positive patient.
COVID-19
gastrointestinal surgery
pancreatitis
Journal
BMJ case reports
ISSN: 1757-790X
Titre abrégé: BMJ Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101526291
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
10 May 2021
10 May 2021
Historique:
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2021
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2021
medline:
13
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2021
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epublish
Résumé
We describe the case of a 31-year-old man who presented with a 3-day history of right iliac fossa pain with associated nausea and vomiting. He denied any previous incidents of abdominal pain and had no relevant medical history or family history to note. Given the typical history, examination findings of localised peritonism and infection risk, he was taken to theatre for laparoscopic appendicectomy without diagnostic imaging. Intraoperatively, we noted gut malrotation and an inflammatory jejunal mass which was resected after converting to a mini-laparotomy. The inflammatory mass was reported to be an ectopic pancreatic tissue from histology. Given that this patient had tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 on admission, we propose a possible case of SARS-CoV-2 infection triggering inflammation of the ectopic pancreatic tissue.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33972302
pii: 14/5/e241926
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-241926
pmc: PMC8112421
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Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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IM
Informations de copyright
© BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2021. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interests: None declared.
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