Abstract
This is a report of an atypical presentation of COVID-19. The patient had sparse pulmonary symptoms despite characteristic COVID-19 lesions on CT-thorax and developed severe acral ischaemic change, after a few days of hospitalisation. The condition could not be explained by classical sepsis with hypotension and hypoperfusion, disseminated intravascular coagulation, vasculitis, endocarditis or severe peripheral arteriosclerosis. A skin biopsy showed microthrombosis, interpreted as an activation of the coagulation system associated with COVID-19. Apparently, there are multiple COVID-19 phenotypes.
Bidragets oversatte titel | Acral ischaemia with multiple microthromboses and imminent gangrene in a 73-year-old woman with COVID-19 |
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Originalsprog | Dansk |
Artikelnummer | V05200379 |
Tidsskrift | Ugeskrift for Laeger |
Vol/bind | 182 |
Udgave nummer | 26 |
ISSN | 0041-5782 |
Status | Udgivet - 22 jun. 2020 |
Emneord
- Aged
- Betacoronavirus
- COVID-19
- Coronavirus Infections/pathology
- Female
- Gangrene/virology
- Humans
- Ischemia/virology
- Pandemics
- Pneumonia, Viral/pathology
- SARS-CoV-2
- Thrombosis/virology