Embolia pulmonar aguda extensa como complicação de COVID-19 oligossintomática: relato de caso / Extensive pulmonary embolism as complication of oligosymptomatic COVID-19: case report
J. vasc. bras
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20: e20200239, 2021. graf
Article
in Portuguese
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RESUMO
Resumo Apesar de a fisiopatologia da coagulopatia associada à doença do coronavírus 2019 (COVID‐19) não ser bem conhecida, a ocorrência de embolia pulmonar (EP) é frequentemente observada. No entanto, foram descritos na literatura poucos casos de pacientes que tiveram COVID-19 oligossintomática, sem nenhum fator de risco para tromboembolismo venoso (TEV) e que apresentaram EP aguda extensa. Relatamos um caso de paciente com COVID-19 oligossintomática, complicada por trombose venosa profunda e, posteriormente, EP aguda extensa, sugerindo que esses quadros devem ser considerados de forma sistemática mesmo em pacientes com COVID-19 oligossintomática e sem fatores de risco conhecidos para TEV.
ABSTRACT
Abstract Although the pathophysiology of coagulopathy associated with the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is not well known, occurrence of pulmonary embolism (PE) is frequently observed. However, few cases have been described in the literature in which patients who had asymptomatic COVID-19, with no risk factors for venous thromboembolism (VTE), presented extensive acute PE. We report the case of a patient with asymptomatic COVID-19, complicated by deep vein thrombosis and later by extensive acute PE, suggesting that these conditions should be systematically considered, even in asymptomatic COVID-19 patients with no known risk factors for VTE.
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Main subject:
Pulmonary Embolism
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Etiology study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
Portuguese
Journal:
J. vasc. bras
Journal subject:
Cardiology
Year:
2021
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Centro Universitário de Volta Redonda/BR
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Hospital Estadual Ferreira Machado/BR
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