ArticleIDCases2021
Splenic infarction as a complication of covid-19 in a patient without respiratory symptoms: A case report and literature review.
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- Underlying thrombotic conditions in patients with splenic infarction: a 10-year retrospective analysis.Thrombosis journal · 2026Article
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- Clinical, Hematological, Biochemical and Radiological Characteristics for Patients With Splenic Infarction: Case Series With Literature Review.Journal of clinical medicine research · 2023Article
- Splenic infarction: an uncommon yet significant complication in COVID-19 patients - a case series report and literature review.Le infezioni in medicina · 2023Article
- Abdominal Imaging Findings in Patients with COVID-19 Part 2: Solid Organs.Middle East journal of digestive diseases · 2022Review
- Post-COVID-19 splenic infarction in a patient with chronic atrial fibrillation: A case report.Clinical case reports · 2022Article
- Multiorgan Involvement in SARS-CoV-2 Infection: The Role of the Radiologist from Head to Toe.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Splenic infarct in a COVID-19 patient under anticoagulant therapy with normal D-dimer levels.International journal of surgery case reports · 2022Article
- Splenic Artery Infarct Requiring Surgery: A Rare Complication of COVID-19 Infection.Case reports in surgery · 2022Article
- Simultaneous renal infarction and splenic infarction as a possible initial manifestation of COVID-19: A case report.Clinical case reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionMultiple studies suggest that SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with a pro-thrombotic state and thrombotic events have been recorded in several organs and systems. We report a patient with no respiratory symptoms, presented with abdominal pain and an extensive splenic infarction after COVID-19. CASE REPORT: A 67 year-old man was admitted to the emergency department with a moderate, dull, left-sided abdominal pain. The patient denied respiratory symptoms but referred contact with family members positive for COVID-19. He tested positive for COVID-19 and had increased D-dimer levels. Imaging studies revealed splenic infarcts and ground-glass opacities in bilateral pulmonary bases. He was treated with full-dose anticoagulation and was discharged home on oral Rivaroxaban. DISCUSSION: Although rare in the literature, cases of acute abdomen in COVID-19 patients associated with vascular infarctions have increased. Coagulopathy may be present even without clinical respiratory manifestations of the disease. Patients meeting disseminated intravascular coagulation criteria or with markedly elevated D-dimer may benefit from anticoagulant therapy.
conclusionClinicians should suspect of abdominal visceral infarctions in COVID-19 patients presented with acute abdominal pain, despite the absence of respiratory symptoms.
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