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Cureus
. 2022 May 23;14(5):e25234.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.25234. eCollection 2022 May.
Acute Limb Ischemia Following a Mild Case of COVID-19
Polina Gaisinskaya[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Taylor A VanHelmond[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Katherine Reano[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was a novel virus that originated in China in November 2019 and is most known for its respiratory compromise; however, many patients have experienced vascular thrombosis as sequelae of COVID-19. It is thought that the virus causes endothelial cell damage and increased platelet and leukocyte adhesion, causing a hypercoagulable state. While the most common presentation of hypercoagulability associated with COVID-19 is venous thrombosis, there are reports of patients who present with acute limb ischemia. We present a case of acute leg ischemia in an otherwise asymptomatic patient with no atherosclerotic risk factors.
Keywords: acute limb ischemia; covid; covid19; limb ischemia; percutaneous thrombectomy.
. 2022 May 23;14(5):e25234.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.25234. eCollection 2022 May.
Acute Limb Ischemia Following a Mild Case of COVID-19
Polina Gaisinskaya[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Taylor A VanHelmond[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Katherine Reano[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35755547
- PMCID: PMC9217669
- DOI: 10.7759/cureus.25234
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was a novel virus that originated in China in November 2019 and is most known for its respiratory compromise; however, many patients have experienced vascular thrombosis as sequelae of COVID-19. It is thought that the virus causes endothelial cell damage and increased platelet and leukocyte adhesion, causing a hypercoagulable state. While the most common presentation of hypercoagulability associated with COVID-19 is venous thrombosis, there are reports of patients who present with acute limb ischemia. We present a case of acute leg ischemia in an otherwise asymptomatic patient with no atherosclerotic risk factors.
Keywords: acute limb ischemia; covid; covid19; limb ischemia; percutaneous thrombectomy.
