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Editor, Senior Moderator
Cureus
. 2022 Feb 12;14(2):e22155.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.22155. eCollection 2022 Feb.
COVID-19-Induced Hypercoagulability: A Case Report
Bailey Sperry[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jenee Joseph[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Benjamin Yglesias[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
We report a case of atherothrombotic microembolism in a 53-year-old male diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) prior to hospital admission. Upon admission, Day 9 after diagnosis, he presented with COVID-19 pneumonia and mottling of the lower extremities. The patient was treated with anticoagulation therapy. The lower extremity angiogram showed a patent posterior tibial artery and a patent peroneal artery. Despite initial anticoagulation therapy, toe and transmetatarsal amputations were required. However, a below-the-knee amputation was subsequently required due to continued worsening and extension of mottling. Unfortunately, the patient ultimately expired from cardiopulmonary arrest before any other surgical intervention could be done.
Keywords: atherothrombotic; case report; covid-19; dic; hypercoagulability; micro-embolism.
. 2022 Feb 12;14(2):e22155.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.22155. eCollection 2022 Feb.
COVID-19-Induced Hypercoagulability: A Case Report
Bailey Sperry[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Jenee Joseph[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Benjamin Yglesias[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35308749
- PMCID: PMC8920298
- DOI: 10.7759/cureus.22155
Abstract
We report a case of atherothrombotic microembolism in a 53-year-old male diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) prior to hospital admission. Upon admission, Day 9 after diagnosis, he presented with COVID-19 pneumonia and mottling of the lower extremities. The patient was treated with anticoagulation therapy. The lower extremity angiogram showed a patent posterior tibial artery and a patent peroneal artery. Despite initial anticoagulation therapy, toe and transmetatarsal amputations were required. However, a below-the-knee amputation was subsequently required due to continued worsening and extension of mottling. Unfortunately, the patient ultimately expired from cardiopulmonary arrest before any other surgical intervention could be done.
Keywords: atherothrombotic; case report; covid-19; dic; hypercoagulability; micro-embolism.