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Bilateral renal infarction in a patient with severe COVID-19 infection
Percy Herrera Añazco1,2, Fernando Mayor Balta1, Liz Córdova-Cueva1
1Hospital Nacional 2 de mayo, Departament of Nephrology, Lima, Perú.
Abstract:
Thromboembolic events are frequent in patients with COVID-19 infection, and no cases of bilateral renal infarctions have been reported. We present the case of a 41-year-old female patient with diabetes mellitus and obesity who attended the emergency department for low back pain, respiratory failure associated with COVID-19 pneumonia, diabetic ketoacidosis, and shock. The patient had acute kidney injury and required hemodialysis. Contrast abdominal tomography showed bilateral renal infarction and anticoagulation was started. Kidney infarction cases require high diagnostic suspicion and possibility of starting anticoagulation.
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