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ArticleCureus2021

Splenic Infarct Due to a Patent Foramen Ovale and Paradoxical Emboli Post-COVID-19 Infection: A Case Study.

Emma J Norton, Nadim Sheikh

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Article in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Emma J NortonGastroenterology Department, West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, Bury St Edmunds, GBR.
Nadim SheikhGastroenterology Department, West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, Bury St Edmunds, GBR.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hypercoagulability is now a recognized complication of COVID-19 infection. Despite this, splenic infarction remains rare and is often found incidentally, radiologically, or at autopsy. We report a case of symptomatic splenic infarction with superimposed infection, secondary to COVID-19-induced hypercoagulability in a young patient with paradoxical emboli due to an undiagnosed patent foramen ovale (PFO). This multifactorial case should prompt a level of suspicion of the patient with unexplained abdominal pain and recent COVID-19 infection.

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covid-19patent foramen ovalesplenic infarct

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PMID34109076
PMCPMC8180182

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