Open AccessFatal acute necrotizing pancreatitis in a 15 years old boy, is it multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children associated with COVID-19; MIS-C?
Author(s) -
Masoumeh Asgarshirazi,
Khadije Daneshjou,
Raeeskarami Seyed Reza,
Keramati Mohammad Reza,
Ghazi Samrand Fattah
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
archives of case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2637-3793
DOI - 10.29328/journal.acr.1001056
Subject(s) - medicine , acute pancreatitis , pancreatitis , systemic inflammatory response syndrome , pediatrics , hyperlipidemia , covid-19 , intensive care medicine , disease , immunology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , diabetes mellitus , sepsis , endocrinology
Acute pancreatitis in childhood is not common and viral and bacterial infections, bile duct diseases, medications, systemic diseases, trauma, metabolic diseases, and hyperlipidemia are among the most common causes in them. Acute necrotizing pancreatitis is even rarer. The clinical presentation of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children associated with COVID-19 (MIS-C) includes fever, severe illness, and the involvement of two or more organ systems, in combination with laboratory evidence of inflammation and with or without laboratory or epidemiologic evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection. We present a case of a 15 years old boy with fatal acute necrotizing pancreatitis that fulfilled MIS-C definition based on RCPCH (Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health) and CPSP (Canadian Pediatric Surveillance Program) criteria.