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Coronavirus Disease 2019: Associated Multiple Organ Damage

Olivier Collange, Charles Tacquard, Xavier Delabranche, Ian Léonard-Lorant, Mickaël Ohana, Mihaela Onea, Mathieu Anheim, Morgane Solis, Arnaud Sauer, Seyyid Baloglu, Patrick Pessaux, Patrick Ohlmann, Charlotte Kaeuffer, Walid Oulehri, Stéphane Kremer, Paul‐Michel Mertès

2020Open Forum Infectious Diseases32 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

A 56-year-old man presented a particularly severe and multisystemic case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In addition to the common lung and quite common pulmonary embolism and kidney injuries, he presented ocular and intestinal injuries that, to our knowledge, have not been described in COVID-19 patients. Although it is difficult to make pathophysiological hypotheses about a single case, the multiplicity of injured organs argues for a systemic response to pulmonary infection. A better understanding of physiopathology should feed the discussion about therapeutic options in this type of multifocal damage related to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

Topics & Concepts

MedicineCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Coronavirus2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)DiseaseVirologyOutbreakInfectious disease (medical specialty)PathologyCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesLong-Term Effects of COVID-19SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research