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Roham Borazjani1, Seyed Reza Seraj2, Mohammad Javad Fallahi3
1Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Background:
COVID-19 pneumonia exhibits several extra-pulmonary complications.
Case Presentation:
A 23-year old, asthmatic male with coronavirus pneumonia developed with generalized, acute abdominal pain. Further evaluations revealed a mild ascites and portal vein thrombosis although the patient received proper anticoagulation therapy. Routine lab data regarding the secondary causes of portal vein thrombosis were normal.
Conclusion:
We speculated that the underlying cause of portal vein thrombosis in our case was coronaviruses. Therefore, clinicians should always consider thrombosis and other hypercoagulable diseases in patients with COVID-19.
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