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Editor, Senior Moderator
Cureus
. 2021 Mar 23;13(3):e14054.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.14054.
Digital Ischemia as an Initial Presentation in a COVID-19-Positive Patient Without Any Significant Respiratory Symptoms
Trishna Acherjee[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Barbara Bastien[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Miguel A Rodriguez-Guerra[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Syeda Salman[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Nisha Ali[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an evolving situation worldwide, which is associated with a broad range of symptoms from pneumonia/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) to multiorgan failure. So far, we have also encountered several patients with coagulopathy, including pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis. A few cases of limb ischemia related to COVID-19 have been reported as well, but most of them involve critically ill patients. In this report, we discuss a case of COVID-19 in a patient who presented with right thumb ischemia without any significant respiratory symptoms.
Keywords: covid-19; digital ischemia; lmwh; thrombosis.
. 2021 Mar 23;13(3):e14054.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.14054.
Digital Ischemia as an Initial Presentation in a COVID-19-Positive Patient Without Any Significant Respiratory Symptoms
Trishna Acherjee[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Barbara Bastien[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Miguel A Rodriguez-Guerra[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Syeda Salman[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Nisha Ali[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33898138
- PMCID: PMC8060985
- DOI: 10.7759/cureus.14054
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an evolving situation worldwide, which is associated with a broad range of symptoms from pneumonia/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) to multiorgan failure. So far, we have also encountered several patients with coagulopathy, including pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis. A few cases of limb ischemia related to COVID-19 have been reported as well, but most of them involve critically ill patients. In this report, we discuss a case of COVID-19 in a patient who presented with right thumb ischemia without any significant respiratory symptoms.
Keywords: covid-19; digital ischemia; lmwh; thrombosis.