Splenic infarction and pulmonary embolism as a rare manifestation of COVID-19
Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine, cilt.21, sa.4, ss.214-216, 2021 (ESCI, Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 21 Sayı: 4
- Basım Tarihi: 2021
- Doi Numarası: 10.4103/2452-2473.329627
- Dergi Adı: Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.214-216
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Coronavirus disease 2019, emergency department, pulmonary embolism, splenic infarction
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) disease leads to a hypercoagulable state and associated with thrombotic events that can cause mortality and morbidity. Thrombotic events include both venous and arterial thrombosis. In this case report, we present a 68-year-old COVID-19 patient with multisystemic infarction who was admitted to the hospital by splenic infarction and later pulmonary embolism diagnosed during the stay in hospital despite anticoagulant use. It is important for emergency physicians to know that patients who had COVID-19 infection but not confirmed or not tested can visit the emergency department due to complications of COVID-19 infection such as thromboembolic events primarily.