Acute Splenic Artery Thrombosis and Infarction Associated with COVID-19 Disease
Coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) is a viral illness caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It emerged in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and has caused a widespread global pandemic. The symptoms of COVID-19 can vary from mild upper respiratory symptoms to severe pn...
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| description | Coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) is a viral illness caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It emerged in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and has caused a widespread global pandemic. The symptoms of COVID-19 can vary from mild upper respiratory symptoms to severe pneumonia with hypoxemic respiratory failure. Multiple studies and reports have reported a hypercoagulable state associated with this disease, and various recommendations have emerged to guide the use of anticoagulants for prophylaxis. We are reporting a case of symptomatic acute splenic thrombosis causing splenic infarction in a patient suffering from a severe case of COVID-19 and despite the use of an intermediate dose of low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH). The patient was treated with full-dose anticoagulation and was eventually discharged home on a direct oral anticoagulant. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c44896d35c75470894b798d0fc9386612025-02-03T01:01:27ZengWileyCase Reports in Critical Care2090-64202090-64392020-01-01202010.1155/2020/88801438880143Acute Splenic Artery Thrombosis and Infarction Associated with COVID-19 DiseaseOsama Qasim Agha0Ryan Berryman1Department of Internal Medicine, Creighton University School of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, Creighton University School of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona, USACoronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) is a viral illness caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It emerged in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and has caused a widespread global pandemic. The symptoms of COVID-19 can vary from mild upper respiratory symptoms to severe pneumonia with hypoxemic respiratory failure. Multiple studies and reports have reported a hypercoagulable state associated with this disease, and various recommendations have emerged to guide the use of anticoagulants for prophylaxis. We are reporting a case of symptomatic acute splenic thrombosis causing splenic infarction in a patient suffering from a severe case of COVID-19 and despite the use of an intermediate dose of low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH). The patient was treated with full-dose anticoagulation and was eventually discharged home on a direct oral anticoagulant.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8880143 |
| spellingShingle | Osama Qasim Agha Ryan Berryman Acute Splenic Artery Thrombosis and Infarction Associated with COVID-19 Disease Case Reports in Critical Care |
| title | Acute Splenic Artery Thrombosis and Infarction Associated with COVID-19 Disease |
| title_full | Acute Splenic Artery Thrombosis and Infarction Associated with COVID-19 Disease |
| title_fullStr | Acute Splenic Artery Thrombosis and Infarction Associated with COVID-19 Disease |
| title_full_unstemmed | Acute Splenic Artery Thrombosis and Infarction Associated with COVID-19 Disease |
| title_short | Acute Splenic Artery Thrombosis and Infarction Associated with COVID-19 Disease |
| title_sort | acute splenic artery thrombosis and infarction associated with covid 19 disease |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8880143 |
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