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An unusual and atypical presentation of the novel coronavirus: A case report and brief review of the literature
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly contagious novel infection that predominantly presents with fever and respiratory symptoms. However, COVID-19 can masquerade as an acute coronary syndrome, leg pain or swelling with venous thrombosis, loss of consciousness with cerebral venous thro...
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Taibah University
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8038890/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33867909 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtumed.2021.01.014 |
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author | Alshoabi, Sultan A. Haider, Kamel H. Mostafa, Mahmoud A. Hamid, Abdullgabbar M. Daqqaq, Tareef S. |
author_facet | Alshoabi, Sultan A. Haider, Kamel H. Mostafa, Mahmoud A. Hamid, Abdullgabbar M. Daqqaq, Tareef S. |
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description | The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly contagious novel infection that predominantly presents with fever and respiratory symptoms. However, COVID-19 can masquerade as an acute coronary syndrome, leg pain or swelling with venous thrombosis, loss of consciousness with cerebral venous thrombosis, confusion, limb weakness with brain infarction, facial neuralgia, acute conjunctivitis, acute appendicitis, and testicular pain. We report on a 42-year-old man who presented with mild symptoms of COVID-19. The patient's electrocardiogram showed an ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) due to a left coronary thrombosis. The patient was managed conservatively with medicines and had an uneventful recovery. Emergency physicians should have a high index of suspicion for the unusual presentations of COVID-19. |
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spelling | pubmed-80388902021-04-12 An unusual and atypical presentation of the novel coronavirus: A case report and brief review of the literature Alshoabi, Sultan A. Haider, Kamel H. Mostafa, Mahmoud A. Hamid, Abdullgabbar M. Daqqaq, Tareef S. J Taibah Univ Med Sci Case Report The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly contagious novel infection that predominantly presents with fever and respiratory symptoms. However, COVID-19 can masquerade as an acute coronary syndrome, leg pain or swelling with venous thrombosis, loss of consciousness with cerebral venous thrombosis, confusion, limb weakness with brain infarction, facial neuralgia, acute conjunctivitis, acute appendicitis, and testicular pain. We report on a 42-year-old man who presented with mild symptoms of COVID-19. The patient's electrocardiogram showed an ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) due to a left coronary thrombosis. The patient was managed conservatively with medicines and had an uneventful recovery. Emergency physicians should have a high index of suspicion for the unusual presentations of COVID-19. Taibah University 2021-04-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8038890/ /pubmed/33867909 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtumed.2021.01.014 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://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 Alshoabi, Sultan A. Haider, Kamel H. Mostafa, Mahmoud A. Hamid, Abdullgabbar M. Daqqaq, Tareef S. An unusual and atypical presentation of the novel coronavirus: A case report and brief review of the literature |
title | An unusual and atypical presentation of the novel coronavirus: A case report and brief review of the literature |
title_full | An unusual and atypical presentation of the novel coronavirus: A case report and brief review of the literature |
title_fullStr | An unusual and atypical presentation of the novel coronavirus: A case report and brief review of the literature |
title_full_unstemmed | An unusual and atypical presentation of the novel coronavirus: A case report and brief review of the literature |
title_short | An unusual and atypical presentation of the novel coronavirus: A case report and brief review of the literature |
title_sort | unusual and atypical presentation of the novel coronavirus: a case report and brief review of the literature |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8038890/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33867909 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtumed.2021.01.014 |
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