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Editor, Senior Moderator
Braz J Infect Dis
. 2021 Nov 10;101651.
doi: 10.1016/j.bjid.2021.101651. Online ahead of print.
SARS-CoV-2 identification in an acute appendicitis case: Acute abdomen as manifestation of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in a child with COVID-19
Amanda Munhoz Serra[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Andréa Maria Cordeiro Ventura[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Lucas Freitas Xavier[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Angélica Braz Simões[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Amaro Nunes Duarte-Neto[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
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Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is a global health emergency. The clinical course of COVID-19 in children is mild in most of the cases, but multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is recognized as a potential life-threatening complication of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Acute abdomen as a presentation of COVID-19 is rare, and its correlation to COVID-19 features and prognosis remains undetermined. Herein, we describe a case of appendicitis in a child with confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 and subsequent SARS-CoV-2 identification in appendix tissue.
Keywords: Appendicitis; COVID-19; MIS-C; pathology.
. 2021 Nov 10;101651.
doi: 10.1016/j.bjid.2021.101651. Online ahead of print.
SARS-CoV-2 identification in an acute appendicitis case: Acute abdomen as manifestation of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in a child with COVID-19
Amanda Munhoz Serra[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Andréa Maria Cordeiro Ventura[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Lucas Freitas Xavier[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Angélica Braz Simões[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Amaro Nunes Duarte-Neto[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
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- PMID: 34774470
- DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2021.101651
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is a global health emergency. The clinical course of COVID-19 in children is mild in most of the cases, but multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is recognized as a potential life-threatening complication of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Acute abdomen as a presentation of COVID-19 is rare, and its correlation to COVID-19 features and prognosis remains undetermined. Herein, we describe a case of appendicitis in a child with confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 and subsequent SARS-CoV-2 identification in appendix tissue.
Keywords: Appendicitis; COVID-19; MIS-C; pathology.