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Multimodality Diagnosis of Mesenteric Ischemia
Published on: July 21, 2023
Intestinal ischemia secondary to Covid-19
Lamia Sabrina Khesrani1, Karima Chana2, Fatma Zohra Sadar3
1Pediatric Surgery Département, CHU Mustapha, Algiers, Algeria.
Insights
A rare case of pediatric intestinal ischemia linked to COVID-19 infection is presented. This finding highlights a potential vascular complication, multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), associated with SARS-CoV-2 in pediatric patients.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Infectious Diseases
- Vascular Inflammation
Background:
- COVID-19 affects children, often asymptomatically.
- A concern exists regarding Kawasaki disease-like vascular inflammatory conditions in pediatric COVID-19 cases.
Observation:
- A 9-year-old girl with aplastic anemia presented with shock, neurological, and skin symptoms.
- Surgical exploration revealed ischemic bowel lesions, with a healthy appendix.
- COVID-19 infection was confirmed via RT-PCR.
Findings:
- The case demonstrates a combination of COVID-19 infection and intestinal ischemia in a child.
- Intestinal vasculitis is identified as a potential component of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) related to COVID-19.
Implications:
- This case underscores the importance of considering intestinal vasculitis in pediatric COVID-19 patients presenting with abdominal symptoms.
- Highlights a novel presentation of COVID-19 complications in children, emphasizing the need for further research into MIS-C and its vascular manifestations.
Abstract:
With the wide spread of the current SARS-Cov (Covid-19), It was found that about 2% of children was affected according to several studies, it should be mentioned that Those children are most often asymptomatic, but the current concern is about a vascular inflammatory disease which is similar to Kawasaki disease observed in children with Covid-19. we report a case of a 9-year-old girl, known to have idiopathic medullar aplasia, admitted to the emergency department for a pseudo appendicular syndrome with shock, neurological abnormalities and skin lesions. She underwent an emergency surgery; the peroperative exploration suggested an ischemic bowel lesion of the ileal loop and a healthy appendix. The link involving a Covid-19 infection was well established (RT-PCR +). We shared in common our clinical, radiological, biological and pathological data to draw attention towards the intestinal vasculitis that can be a part in the MIS-C related to Covid 19. To our best knowledge, this is the first case encountered of combination between Covid-19 with intestinal ischemic in children.
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