Necrotizing Fasciitis in COVID-19 Patient: A Case Report of Atypical Early Presentation.
Cureus
; 15(4): e37290, 2023 Apr.
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| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2312374
ABSTRACT
A 48-year-old male, known to have hypertension (HTN), ischemic heart disease (IHD) post-percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) before one year, and morbid obesity (BMI 60), presented to the emergency department complaining of right thigh pain and swelling that started two days before. The swelling got increasingly worsen over the previous days, associated with dyspnea, for which he sought medical attention in another hospital. He was found to have a picture of sepsis where they offered him irrigation and debridement (I&D) but he refused and presented to our institution in a hemodynamically unstable condition. The patient underwent immediate surgery with subsequent intensive care unit (ICU) admission as a case of necrotizing fasciitis complicated by sepsis. Later he was found to have coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection.
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