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World J Clin Cases
. 2021 Jul 6;9(19):4969-4979.
doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i19.4969.
Remarkable gastrointestinal and liver manifestations of COVID-19: A clinical and radiologic overview
Li-Guang Fang[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Quan Zhou[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) raging around the world still has not been effectively controlled in most countries and regions. As a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus, in addition to the most common infectious pneumonia, it can also cause digestive system disease such as diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, liver function damage, etc. In medical imaging, it manifests as thickening of the intestinal wall, intestinal perforation, pneumoperitoneum, ascites and decreased liver density. Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 has great significance in COVID-19-related digestive tract diseases. In this review, we summarized the data on the clinical and imaging manifestations of gastrointestinal and liver injury caused by COVID-19 so far and explored its possible pathogenesis.
Keywords: Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2; COVID-19; Computed tomography; Gastrointestinal; Liver; Radiologic manifestations; SARS-CoV-2.
. 2021 Jul 6;9(19):4969-4979.
doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i19.4969.
Remarkable gastrointestinal and liver manifestations of COVID-19: A clinical and radiologic overview
Li-Guang Fang[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Quan Zhou[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 34307547
- PMCID: PMC8283617
- DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i19.4969
Abstract
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) raging around the world still has not been effectively controlled in most countries and regions. As a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus, in addition to the most common infectious pneumonia, it can also cause digestive system disease such as diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, liver function damage, etc. In medical imaging, it manifests as thickening of the intestinal wall, intestinal perforation, pneumoperitoneum, ascites and decreased liver density. Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 has great significance in COVID-19-related digestive tract diseases. In this review, we summarized the data on the clinical and imaging manifestations of gastrointestinal and liver injury caused by COVID-19 so far and explored its possible pathogenesis.
Keywords: Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2; COVID-19; Computed tomography; Gastrointestinal; Liver; Radiologic manifestations; SARS-CoV-2.