ABSTRACT
The World Health Organization has declared novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) a global public health emergency. Although respiratory symptoms predominate in COVID-19, thrombosis can occur in patients with COVID-19. This paper reports a case of an 82-year-old female with a prior medical history of hypertension, diabetes presenting with fever and cough, and was diagnosed with COVID-19. The patient subsequently developed progressively worsening of abdominal distention, tenderness, and underwent emergent laparotomy. She was found to have a gangrenous colon. This case adds to the limited literature regarding the extrapulmonary complications of COVID-19.
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Colitis/diagnosis , Coronavirus Infections/diagnosis , Pneumonia, Viral/diagnosis , Venous Thrombosis/diagnosis , Abdomen/diagnostic imaging , Abdomen/surgery , Acute Disease , Aged, 80 and over , Anticoagulants/therapeutic use , Betacoronavirus/isolation & purification , COVID-19 , Colitis/pathology , Coronavirus Infections/complications , Coronavirus Infections/virology , Female , Heparin/therapeutic use , Humans , Laparotomy , Necrosis , Pandemics , Pneumonia, Viral/complications , Pneumonia, Viral/virology , SARS-CoV-2 , Tomography, X-Ray Computed , Venous Thrombosis/complications , Venous Thrombosis/drug therapyABSTRACT
Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and represents a potentially fatal disease. COVID-19 is associated with a hypercoagulable state leading to increased incidence of venous thromboembolism. Arterial thrombosis has been reported, but the prevalence is not known. Herein, we report an unusual presentation of a 77-year-old male who presented with dyspnea and pain in left leg and was found to have acute limb ischemia. Our case adds to the limited literature regarding arterial thrombosis in COVID-19.
