Spontaneous Rectal Perforation in a Patient with SARS–CoV-2 Infection
Mauro Giuffrè, Alessandro Marco Bozzato, Stefano Di Bella, Alessandro Agostino Occhipinti, Paola Martingano, Marco Cavallaro, Roberto Luzzati, Fabio Monica, Maria Assunta Cova, Lory Saveria Crocè
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is mostly perceived as a respiratory disease. However, there is increasing evidence of patients showing gastrointestinal symptoms, with increasing rates of presentation according to the severity of the disease. In a few cases, the abdominal involvement of COVID-19 resulted in spontaneous bowel perforation. Here, we present in detail the first case of rectal perforation in a patient with COVID-19.
Topics & Concepts
MedicinePerforationCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Bowel perforationDiseaseSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Gastrointestinal perforationCoronavirus2019-20 coronavirus outbreakPresentation (obstetrics)ColonoscopyInternal medicineGastroenterologySurgeryPathologyComplicationInfectious disease (medical specialty)Colorectal cancerPeritonitisOutbreakPunchingMaterials scienceMetallurgyCancerPneumothorax, Barotrauma, EmphysemaAppendicitis Diagnosis and ManagementAbdominal Surgery and Complications