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Editor, Senior Moderator
Radiol Case Rep
. 2021 May 11.
doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2021.04.083. Online ahead of print.
COVID-19 Induced Mesenteric Venous Infarction
Emma Calcagno[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Olutayo Sogunro[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Pankaj Nepal[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Richard Assaker[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Joshua Sapire[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
We present a rare case of mesenteric venous infarction in a 36-year-old man due to coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19). Although COVID-19 usually presents with respiratory disease, multi-system manifestations are increasingly reported. Coagulopathy manifestations are also reported on imaging, include vascular thrombosis, embolus, and organ infarction. Because the clinical variables poorly predict or suspect coagulopathy and its complications, it is important to be aware of imaging manifestations of coagulopathy complications of COVID-19.
Keywords: COVID-19; CT imaging; coagulopathy; mesenteric venous infarction.
. 2021 May 11.
doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2021.04.083. Online ahead of print.
COVID-19 Induced Mesenteric Venous Infarction
Emma Calcagno[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Olutayo Sogunro[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Pankaj Nepal[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Richard Assaker[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Joshua Sapire[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33995746
- PMCID: PMC8112386
- DOI: 10.1016/j.radcr.2021.04.083
Abstract
We present a rare case of mesenteric venous infarction in a 36-year-old man due to coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19). Although COVID-19 usually presents with respiratory disease, multi-system manifestations are increasingly reported. Coagulopathy manifestations are also reported on imaging, include vascular thrombosis, embolus, and organ infarction. Because the clinical variables poorly predict or suspect coagulopathy and its complications, it is important to be aware of imaging manifestations of coagulopathy complications of COVID-19.
Keywords: COVID-19; CT imaging; coagulopathy; mesenteric venous infarction.