| Literature DB >> 33658082 |
Negin Hesam-Shariati1, Poya Fatehi2, Fardin Fathi3, Morteza Abouzaripour4, Mohammad Bakhtiar Hesam Shariati5.
Abstract
In December 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced a series of pneumonia cases caused by an unknown origin, discovered in Wuhan, China. A dangerous virus called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) caused a disease named acute respiratory syndrome, which was later popularly called coronavirus infection (COVID-19). Patients with acute COVID-19 are at high risk of thrombosis in various blood vessels due to hypercoagulability, blood stasis, and endothelial damage. In this study, we present a case report of a patient with COVID-19, who was hospitalized in one of the hospitals in Sanandaj, Iran. There were symptoms of fever, chills, muscle aches, cough, and tachycardia. Laboratory tests showed high levels of CRP, ESR, Ferritin CLIA, LDH and D-Dimer in this patient. Doppler ultrasound of the patient also revealed an abnormal finding, thrombosis in the right greater saphenous vein. This suggests that COVID-19 may lead to other negative effects through damage to blood vessels.Entities:
Keywords: COVID-19; Case report; Coronavirus; Superficial vein thrombosis; Ultrasonography
Year: 2021 PMID: 33658082 PMCID: PMC7928195 DOI: 10.1186/s40794-021-00131-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trop Dis Travel Med Vaccines ISSN: 2055-0936