COVID-19 Coagulopathy with Superior Mesenteric Vein Thrombosis Complicated by an Ischaemic Bowel

Hamostaseologie. 2020 Dec;40(5):592-593. doi: 10.1055/a-1232-7446. Epub 2020 Sep 7.

Abstract

COVID-19 coagulopathy is a hypercoagulable state which predisposes to venous, arterial and small vessel thrombosis. We describe a patient with COVID-19 who developed an acute superior mesenteric vein thrombosis with acute intestinal obstruction despite adequate anticoagulation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Blood Coagulation Disorders / complications*
  • COVID-19 / complications*
  • COVID-19 / virology
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Obstruction / complications*
  • Ischemia / complications*
  • Male
  • Mesenteric Ischemia / complications*
  • SARS-CoV-2 / isolation & purification