Abdominal Visceral Infarction in 3 Patients with COVID-19
Giulia Besutti, Riccardo Bonacini, Valentina Iotti, Giulia Marini, Nicoletta Riva, Giovanni Dolci, Mariarosa Maiorana, Lucia Spaggiari, Filippo Monelli, Guido Ligabue, Giovanni Guaraldi, Paolo Giorgi Rossi, Pierpaolo Pattacini, Marco Massari
Abstract
A high incidence of thrombotic events has been reported in patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. We report 3 clinical cases of patients in Italy with COVID-19 who developed abdominal viscera infarction, demonstrated by computed tomography.
Topics & Concepts
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)MedicineIncidence (geometry)Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)Coronavirus2019-20 coronavirus outbreakInternal medicineInfarctionAbdominal computed tomographyPneumoniaMyocardial infarctionComputed tomographyCoronavirus InfectionsDiseaseVirologyRadiologyInfectious disease (medical specialty)OutbreakPhysicsOpticsCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesCOVID-19 and healthcare impactsPancreatitis Pathology and Treatment