Pancreatitis after COVID-19 vaccines
A 24-year-old South-Asian female received er first dose of the Pfizer vaccine at 30 weeks of gestation. One week later she presented with severe epigastric pain radiating to the back and worsening on lying supine, associated with nausea and vomiting. She was diagnosed with acute pancreatitis with a serum lipase level of 4376 U/L and an ultrasound showing features of pancreatitis. The patient had a spontaneous vaginal delivery, and the baby was shifted to the neonatal intensive care unit in a stable condition. A computed tomography scan postpartum (day 2) demonstrated acute interstitial edematous pancreatitis. The patient was managed conservatively in the intensive care unit and discharged home in a stable condition. A 28-year old previously healthy woman experienced abdominal pain three days after the injection of the second dose of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine. She presented at the emergency department but all the tests and imaging were normal and she was di...