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Acute limb ischemia as sole initial manifestation of SARS-CoV-2 infection
We present the case of a patient with acute upper limb ischemia as the sole initial manifestation of severe acute respiratory syndrome associated with coronavirus disease 2 infection, without concomitant respiratory symptoms or pneumonia. Viral infection presumably precipitated the patient's th...
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2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7441972/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32864520 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvscit.2020.07.017 |
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author | Thompson, Owen Pierce, Damon Whang, Dennis O'Malley, Meaghan Geise, Bob Malhotra, Uma |
author_facet | Thompson, Owen Pierce, Damon Whang, Dennis O'Malley, Meaghan Geise, Bob Malhotra, Uma |
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description | We present the case of a patient with acute upper limb ischemia as the sole initial manifestation of severe acute respiratory syndrome associated with coronavirus disease 2 infection, without concomitant respiratory symptoms or pneumonia. Viral infection presumably precipitated the patient's thromboembolic event, causing multifocal vascular occlusions. This case illustrates that coronavirus disease-19 must be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting with signs or symptoms of coagulopathy, even in the absence of respiratory symptoms. We believe that an awareness of the variety of clinical presentations in patients with coronavirus disease-19, particularly extrapulmonary manifestations, is critical for optimal patient management as well as implementation of appropriate infection prevention measures. |
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spelling | pubmed-74419722020-08-24 Acute limb ischemia as sole initial manifestation of SARS-CoV-2 infection Thompson, Owen Pierce, Damon Whang, Dennis O'Malley, Meaghan Geise, Bob Malhotra, Uma J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech Case report We present the case of a patient with acute upper limb ischemia as the sole initial manifestation of severe acute respiratory syndrome associated with coronavirus disease 2 infection, without concomitant respiratory symptoms or pneumonia. Viral infection presumably precipitated the patient's thromboembolic event, causing multifocal vascular occlusions. This case illustrates that coronavirus disease-19 must be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting with signs or symptoms of coagulopathy, even in the absence of respiratory symptoms. We believe that an awareness of the variety of clinical presentations in patients with coronavirus disease-19, particularly extrapulmonary manifestations, is critical for optimal patient management as well as implementation of appropriate infection prevention measures. Elsevier 2020-08-21 /pmc/articles/PMC7441972/ /pubmed/32864520 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvscit.2020.07.017 Text en © 2020 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case report Thompson, Owen Pierce, Damon Whang, Dennis O'Malley, Meaghan Geise, Bob Malhotra, Uma Acute limb ischemia as sole initial manifestation of SARS-CoV-2 infection |
title | Acute limb ischemia as sole initial manifestation of SARS-CoV-2 infection |
title_full | Acute limb ischemia as sole initial manifestation of SARS-CoV-2 infection |
title_fullStr | Acute limb ischemia as sole initial manifestation of SARS-CoV-2 infection |
title_full_unstemmed | Acute limb ischemia as sole initial manifestation of SARS-CoV-2 infection |
title_short | Acute limb ischemia as sole initial manifestation of SARS-CoV-2 infection |
title_sort | acute limb ischemia as sole initial manifestation of sars-cov-2 infection |
topic | Case report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7441972/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32864520 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvscit.2020.07.017 |
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