A Case of COVID-19 Induced Descending Aortic Thrombus and Splenic Infarctions

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Thromboembolic manifestations like pulmonary embolism and deep venous thrombosis are often reported and contribute to a significant mortality from acute and chronic COVID-19 infections. These phenomena are a result of the activation of the coagulation cascade by the COVID-19 induced inflammatory state. Majority of the thrombotic incidences are reported as a venous thrombosis but extremely rarely, arterial thrombi can be a manifestation of acute COVID-19 infection. The patient in our case report was an unvaccinated 47-year-old female who presented with fever, nausea, abdominal pain and vomiting. The imaging confirmed the presence of a non-occlusive thrombus in the descending aorta, multiple splenic infarctions and paralytic ileus. She was treated with systemic anti-coagulation. A hyper-coagulable workup was performed on the patient and no other risk factors that could contribute to a thrombus was identified.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives - 12(2022), 5 vom: 13., Seite 88-92

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Malayala, Srikrishna V [VerfasserIn]
Bukhari, Syed [VerfasserIn]
Vanaparthy, Rachana [VerfasserIn]
Raza, Ambreen [VerfasserIn]
Akella, Ramya [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aortic thrombus
Case Reports
Covid-19
Ileus
Splenic infarction

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Date Revised 21.10.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.55729/2000-9666.1100

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM347771599