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Abdominal symptoms as initial manifestation of COVID-19: a case series / Sintomas abdominais como manifestação inicial da COVID-19: uma série de casos
Amaral, Lucas Tadashi Wada; Brito, Vanessa Mizubuti; Beraldo, Gabriel Laverdi; Fonseca, Eduardo Kaiser Ururahy Nunes; Yokoo, Patrícia; Talans, Aley; Oranges Filho, Marcelo; Chate, Rodrigo Caruso; Baroni, Ronaldo Hueb; Szarf, Gilberto.
  • Amaral, Lucas Tadashi Wada; Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein. São Paulo. BR
  • Brito, Vanessa Mizubuti; Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein. São Paulo. BR
  • Beraldo, Gabriel Laverdi; Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein. São Paulo. BR
  • Fonseca, Eduardo Kaiser Ururahy Nunes; Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein. São Paulo. BR
  • Yokoo, Patrícia; Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein. São Paulo. BR
  • Talans, Aley; Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein. São Paulo. BR
  • Oranges Filho, Marcelo; Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein. São Paulo. BR
  • Chate, Rodrigo Caruso; Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein. São Paulo. BR
  • Baroni, Ronaldo Hueb; Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein. São Paulo. BR
  • Szarf, Gilberto; Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein. São Paulo. BR
Einstein (Säo Paulo) ; 18: eRC5831, 2020. tab, graf
Article in English | LILACS | ID: biblio-1133760
ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT The COVID-19 became a pandemic in early 2020. It was found, at first, that the main manifestations of this new virus occur through respiratory and constitutional symptoms. Therefore, chest tomography was elected as the best imaging test to assess the extent of pulmonary involvement and as a good prognostic predictor for the disease. However, as new studies were produced, the gastrointestinal involvement of COVID-19 becomes more evident, with reports from patients who manifested mainly or only gastrointestinal symptoms in the course of the disease. Thus, in some cases, the initial investigation is carried out at the emergency department with an abdominal computed tomography. We report a case series of ten patients who came to the emergency department of our institution with a chief gastrointestinal complaint, and were initially submitted to an abdominal computed tomography as the first investigation. Although most of the patients did not have significant changes in the abdominal images, most reported patients had pulmonary findings visualized at the lung bases, which were later designated as typical COVID-19 pulmonary findings on chest computed tomography. Only one patient had atypical COVID-19 lung changes on chest computed tomography. All patients had a positive real-time polymerase chain reaction for COVID-19. It is imperative to alert radiologists, especially abdominal radiologists, with the possibility of COVID-19 isolated gastrointestinal symptoms. Besides, it must become a habit to radiologists to assess the pulmonary basis on abdominal scans, a site commonly affected by the new coronavirus.
RESUMO
RESUMO A COVID-19 foi declarada uma pandemia no início de 2020. Constatou-se, inicialmente, que as principais manifestações desse novo vírus ocorrem por meio de sintomas respiratórios e constitucionais. A tomografia do tórax foi eleita o exame de imagem para avaliar a extensão do comprometimento pulmonar e como um fator preditivo do prognóstico para a doença. No entanto, à medida que novos estudos são produzidos, o envolvimento gastrointestinal da COVID-19 torna-se mais evidente, com relatos de pacientes que manifestaram principalmente ou apenas sintomas gastrointestinais no decorrer da doença. Em alguns casos, a investigação inicial é realizada no pronto-socorro, com tomografia computadorizada do abdome. Relatamos uma série de casos de dez pacientes que compareceram ao serviço de emergência da instituição com uma queixa principal gastrointestinal e foram submetidos inicialmente a uma tomografia computadorizada de abdome como primeira investigação. Embora a maioria dos pacientes não tenha apresentado alterações significativas nas imagens abdominais, eles apresentaram achados pulmonares visualizados nas bases pulmonares, que depois foram caracterizadas como achados pulmonares típicos de COVID-19 nas tomografias de tórax subsequentes. Apenas um paciente apresentou achados atípicos para COVID-19 na tomografia. Todos os pacientes tiveram reação em cadeia da polimerase em tempo real positiva para o novo coronavírus. É muito importante alertar os radiologistas, principalmente os radiologistas abdominais, da possibilidade de sintomas gastrointestinais isolados no contexto da COVID-19. Além disso, deve ser um hábito para todos os radiologistas avaliar as bases pulmonares nas tomografias de abdome, local comumente afetado pela COVID-19.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Abdominal Pain / Coronavirus Infections / Coronavirus / Lung Type of study: Diagnostic study / Etiology study / Prognostic study Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Einstein (Säo Paulo) Journal subject: Medicine Year: 2020 Type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein/BR

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Abdominal Pain / Coronavirus Infections / Coronavirus / Lung Type of study: Diagnostic study / Etiology study / Prognostic study Limits: Humans Language: English Journal: Einstein (Säo Paulo) Journal subject: Medicine Year: 2020 Type: Article Affiliation country: Brazil Institution/Affiliation country: Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein/BR