Case Report: COVID-19 Associated Renal Infarction and Ascending Aortic Thrombosis.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
; 103(5): 1989-1992, 2020 11.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-961768
ABSTRACT
Following its discovery in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, COVID-19 has attained pandemic status in mere months. It is caused by SARS-CoV-2, an enveloped beta coronavirus. This infection causes a prothrombogenic state by interplay of inflammatory mediators, and endothelial, microvascular, and possible hepatic damage and tissue tropism of the virus. This leads to frequent pulmonary and cerebral thromboembolism as well as occasional involvement of other organs. We present a 71-year-old man who initially presented with 2 weeks of fever, cough, and shortness of breath and was diagnosed with COVID-19 pneumonia. He required readmission due to worsened hypoxia and was later found to have left renal artery thrombosis with left kidney infarction, associated with an ascending aortic thrombus. He was anticoagulated and recovered uneventfully. We suggest that physicians have a high degree of suspicion to diagnose and manage the novel manifestations of this disease.
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Main subject:
Aorta
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Pneumonia, Viral
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Renal Artery
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Thrombosis
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Coronavirus Infections
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Infarction
Type of study:
Case report
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Am J Trop Med Hyg
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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