COVID-19 Presenting as Acute Limb Ischaemia

• Main Authors: Parminder Kaur, Sahitya Posimreddy, Balraj Singh, Firas Qaqa, Habib A Habib, Michael Maroules, Fayez Shamoon
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: SMC MEDIA SRL 2020-05-01
• Series: European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
• Subjects: covid-19; arterial thrombosis; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
• Online Access: https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/1724

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic that developed in late 2019 and early 2020 has caused thousands of deaths and has had an enormous impact on our health systems and economies. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) complications include disseminated coagulation and thrombosis, but, to the best of our knowledge, the literature to date on these manifestations has been limited. Herein, we report an unusual presentation in a 43-year-old man with a medical history of diabetes and hypertension who presented with dyspnoea and acute pain in his right leg and was found to have acute limb ischaemia and diabetic ketoacidosis. Our case adds to the literature regarding arterial thrombosis in COVID-19.