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  • BMC Gastroenterol . Acute portal vein thrombosis secondary to COVID-19: a case report


    BMC Gastroenterol


    . 2020 Nov 19;20(1):386.
    doi: 10.1186/s12876-020-01518-2.
    Acute portal vein thrombosis secondary to COVID-19: a case report


    Roham Borazjani 1 , Seyed Reza Seraj 2 , Mohammad Javad Fallahi 3 , Zhila Rahmanian 4



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    Abstract

    Background: COVID-19 pneumonia exhibits several extra-pulmonary complications.
    Case presentation: A 23-year old, asthmatic male with coronavirus pneumonia developed with generalized, acute abdominal pain. Further evaluations revealed a mild ascites and portal vein thrombosis although the patient received proper anticoagulation therapy. Routine lab data regarding the secondary causes of portal vein thrombosis were normal.
    Conclusion: We speculated that the underlying cause of portal vein thrombosis in our case was coronaviruses. Therefore, clinicians should always consider thrombosis and other hypercoagulable diseases in patients with COVID-19.

    Keywords: COVID-19; Pneumonia; Portal vein; Thrombosis.

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