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Spontaneous Rectal Perforation in a Patient with SARS–CoV-2 Infection

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is mostly perceived as a respiratory disease. However, there is increasing evidence of patients showing gastrointestinal symptoms, with increasing rates of presentation according to the severity of the disease. In a few cases, the abdominal involvement of COVID-19...

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Autores principales: Giuffrè, Mauro, Bozzato, Alessandro Marco, Di Bella, Stefano, Occhipinti, Alessandro Agostino, Martingano, Paola, Cavallaro, Marco Francesco Maria, Luzzati, Roberto, Monica, Fabio, Cova, Maria Assunta, Crocè, Lory Saveria
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7712943/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33049924
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm10040157
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author Giuffrè, Mauro
Bozzato, Alessandro Marco
Di Bella, Stefano
Occhipinti, Alessandro Agostino
Martingano, Paola
Cavallaro, Marco Francesco Maria
Luzzati, Roberto
Monica, Fabio
Cova, Maria Assunta
Crocè, Lory Saveria
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Bozzato, Alessandro Marco
Di Bella, Stefano
Occhipinti, Alessandro Agostino
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Cavallaro, Marco Francesco Maria
Luzzati, Roberto
Monica, Fabio
Cova, Maria Assunta
Crocè, Lory Saveria
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description Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is mostly perceived as a respiratory disease. However, there is increasing evidence of patients showing gastrointestinal symptoms, with increasing rates of presentation according to the severity of the disease. In a few cases, the abdominal involvement of COVID-19 resulted in spontaneous bowel perforation. Here, we present in detail the first case of rectal perforation in a patient with COVID-19.
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spelling pubmed-77129432020-12-04 Spontaneous Rectal Perforation in a Patient with SARS–CoV-2 Infection Giuffrè, Mauro Bozzato, Alessandro Marco Di Bella, Stefano Occhipinti, Alessandro Agostino Martingano, Paola Cavallaro, Marco Francesco Maria Luzzati, Roberto Monica, Fabio Cova, Maria Assunta Crocè, Lory Saveria J Pers Med Case Report Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is mostly perceived as a respiratory disease. However, there is increasing evidence of patients showing gastrointestinal symptoms, with increasing rates of presentation according to the severity of the disease. In a few cases, the abdominal involvement of COVID-19 resulted in spontaneous bowel perforation. Here, we present in detail the first case of rectal perforation in a patient with COVID-19. MDPI 2020-10-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7712943/ /pubmed/33049924 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm10040157 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Giuffrè, Mauro
Bozzato, Alessandro Marco
Di Bella, Stefano
Occhipinti, Alessandro Agostino
Martingano, Paola
Cavallaro, Marco Francesco Maria
Luzzati, Roberto
Monica, Fabio
Cova, Maria Assunta
Crocè, Lory Saveria
Spontaneous Rectal Perforation in a Patient with SARS–CoV-2 Infection
title Spontaneous Rectal Perforation in a Patient with SARS–CoV-2 Infection
title_full Spontaneous Rectal Perforation in a Patient with SARS–CoV-2 Infection
title_fullStr Spontaneous Rectal Perforation in a Patient with SARS–CoV-2 Infection
title_full_unstemmed Spontaneous Rectal Perforation in a Patient with SARS–CoV-2 Infection
title_short Spontaneous Rectal Perforation in a Patient with SARS–CoV-2 Infection
title_sort spontaneous rectal perforation in a patient with sars–cov-2 infection
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7712943/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33049924
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm10040157
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