Table 1.
Summary of the Clinical and Laboratory Findings for the 3 SARS-CoV-2-Infected Children Presenting With Pancreatitis
| Case 1 | Case 2 | Case 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Race | Caucasian | Hispanic | Asian |
| BMI | 34.4 | 29.5 | 18.7 |
| Pulmonary symptoms | Nasal congestion | None reported | Cough |
| Extrapulmonary symptoms | Anosmia, ageusia, vomiting, and abdominal pain | Headache, chills, tactile fever, abdominal pain, hematochezia, and epistaxis | Subjective fever, nausea, and abdominal pain |
| Physical exam findings | Epigastric tenderness | Epigastric tenderness | Epigastric tenderness |
| WBC (4.19–9.43 × 103/uL)a | 4.5 | 8.4 | 3.4 |
| Percent lymphocytes(15.5%–56.6%)a | 18.6 | 17.3 | 51.5 |
| Absolute lymphocyte count (0.97–3.96 × 103/uL)a | 0.85 | 1.46 | 1.74 |
| CRP (0–0.5 mg/dL)a | 1.47 | 24.11 | Not performed |
| ESR (0–15 mm/h)a | 4 | 99 | Not performed |
| Serum Glucose (60–100 mg/dL)a | 126 | 90 | 82 |
| AST (14–35 U/L)a /ALT (9–24 U/L)a | 53/86 | 47/54 | 15/9.6 |
| Lipase (4–39 U/L)a | 233 | 582 | 1909 |
| Gastrointestinal findings on imaging | Mild stranding around the head of the pancreas | Fatty infiltration of the liver, enlarged appendix, and normal pancreas | Hepatomegaly, single gallstone, and prominence of the pancreas |
| Pulmonary findings on imaging | Scattered ground-glass opacities in bilateral lung fields | Interstitial opacities with peribronchial thickening | Not evaluated |
| SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR | Positive | Positive | Positive |
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; WBC, white blood cell; CRP, c-reactive protein; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase, ESR, sedimentation rate; RT-PCR, real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction.
aNumerical values within parentheses indicate the normal range for each laboratory test.