Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and ischemic colitis: An under-recognized complication

COVID-19 has spread worldwide, with more than 2.5 million cases and over 80,000 deaths reported by the end of April 2020. In addition to pulmonary symptoms, gastrointestinal symptoms have been increasingly recognized as part of the disease spectrum. COVID-19-associated coagulopathy has recently emer...

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Autores principales: Chan, Kok Hoe, Lim, Su Lin, Damati, Ahmad, Maruboyina, Siva Prasad, Bondili, Leena, Abu Hanoud, Amany, Slim, Jihad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Inc. 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7251350/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32499176
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2020.05.072
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Sumario:COVID-19 has spread worldwide, with more than 2.5 million cases and over 80,000 deaths reported by the end of April 2020. In addition to pulmonary symptoms, gastrointestinal symptoms have been increasingly recognized as part of the disease spectrum. COVID-19-associated coagulopathy has recently emerged as a major component of the disease, leading to high morbidity and mortality. Ischemic colitis has been reported to be associated with a hypercoagulable state. To our knowledge, there have not been any case reports of COVID-19 associated with ischemic colitis. Herein, we present the first case of a probable association of COVID-19 with ischemic colitis in a patient with a hypercoagulable state.

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