Turk J Emerg Med . Splenic infarction and pulmonary embolism as a rare manifestation of COVID-19

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Turk J Emerg Med


. 2021 Oct 29;21(4):214-216.
doi: 10.4103/2452-2473.329627. eCollection Oct-Dec 2021.
Splenic infarction and pulmonary embolism as a rare manifestation of COVID-19


Egemen Yildiz[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Dilay Satilmis[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Erdem Cevik[SUP] 1 [/SUP]



Affiliations

• PMID: 34849435
• PMCID: PMC8593423
• DOI: 10.4103/2452-2473.329627

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) disease leads to a hypercoagulable state and associated with thrombotic events that can cause mortality and morbidity. Thrombotic events include both venous and arterial thrombosis. In this case report, we present a 68-year-old COVID-19 patient with multisystemic infarction who was admitted to the hospital by splenic infarction and later pulmonary embolism diagnosed during the stay in hospital despite anticoagulant use. It is important for emergency physicians to know that patients who had COVID-19 infection but not confirmed or not tested can visit the emergency department due to complications of COVID-19 infection such as thromboembolic events primarily.

Keywords: Coronavirus disease 2019; emergency department; pulmonary embolism; splenic infarction.