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Suspected Acute Abdomen as an Extrapulmonary Manifestation of Covid-19 Infection
Sospecha de abdomen agudo como manifestación extrapulmonar de infección por Covid-19
Ruth Blanco-Colinoa, Ramon Vilallongab,
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, Rocío Martína, Carlos Petrolaa, Manuel Armengola
a Servicio de Cirugía General y del Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitari Vall Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
b Unidad de Cirugía Endocrina, Bariátrica y Metabólica, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Chest and abdominal radiographs showed large distention of the colonic loops &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0005">Fig&#46; 1</a>&#41; and a slight increase in bibasilar condensation but no infiltrates with compression due to dilated loops of the upper hemithorax&#46; Finally&#44; a computed tomography &#40;CT&#41; scan of the abdomen was requested with expansion to the lung bases &#40;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#fig0010">Fig&#46; 2</a>A and B&#41;&#46; Emergency CT scan ruled out abdominal disease requiring urgent surgery and revealed notable distension of the dolichosigma with air content&#59; ground glass infiltrates were observed in the left lower pulmonary lobe&#44; which&#44; given the current epidemiological situation&#44; is compatible with COVID infection&#46; Finally&#44; a SARS-CoV-2 PCR was requested&#44; which came back positive&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0005"></elsevierMultimedia><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0010"></elsevierMultimedia><p id="par0030" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">This case is an example of the non-respiratory manifestations caused by COVID-19&#46; Currently&#44; cough &#40;98&#37;&#41; and fever &#40;76&#37;&#41; are the most frequent symptoms&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0065"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a> However&#44; other symptoms&#44; including gastrointestinal symptoms&#44; may also be present&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0070"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a> Diarrhea has been reported in 3&#37;&#8211;14&#37; of patients&#44; vomiting in 5&#37;&#44; abdominal pain in 3&#37; and anorexia in 55&#37;&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0050"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">1&#44;6</span></a> The presentation of gastrointestinal symptoms can vary according to the population&#44; presenting as mild symptoms and prior to respiratory symptoms in some cases&#46; Analytically&#44; it is common to find lymphopenia&#44; which has been described in more than 60&#37;&#46; Likewise&#44; elevated aminotransferases can be found in cases with mild or moderate liver damage&#44; or due to liver involvement derived from the pharmacological treatment received&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0065"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4&#8211;6</span></a> Other forms of presentation of COVID-19 include myocarditis&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0080"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">7</span></a></p><p id="par0035" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The immunopathogenesis by which COVID-19 produces gastrointestinal symptoms has not yet been demonstrated&#46; Previous studies have shown that it could be related to the ACE2 receptor expressed in different proportions in AT2 lung cells&#44; cells of the upper esophageal tract and stratified epithelial cells and enterocytes of the ileum and colon&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0085"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8</span></a></p><p id="par0040" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">This case report shows the current importance of reviewing the possible existence of respiratory symptoms during the anamnesis of patients initially referred for surgical evaluation&#46; This screening is important to avoid infection from not only asymptomatic patients but also infected patients with atypical symptoms&#46; Any and all measures that could lessen the exposure to the disease of health professionals is necessary at the present time&#46; Another aspect to highlight is the abdominal involvement&#44; which is not very frequent in patients with COVID-19&#46; Although this type of involvement has been described&#44; until now complications derived from gastrointestinal involvement&#44; such as perforation&#44; ischemia or gastrointestinal bleeding&#44; have not been reported&#46; Another known datum is that patients affected with COVID-19 could transmit the disease through feces&#44; which may be suggested as a possible diagnostic method&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0070"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5&#44;9</span></a> Thus&#44; at this time we should be vigilant in patients who present with cough and high fever at the time of anal exploration&#46;</p></span>"
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