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Published on: July 21, 2023
Subacute Limb Ischemia Suspected from COVID-19-Related Arterial Thrombosis Presenting with Local Occlusion Site
Kenshiroh Kawabe1, Masamitsu Suhara1,2, Ryosuke Taniguchi1
1Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Abstract:
A 59-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with severe popliteal fossa pain and mild left calf claudication. He had had an episode of pyrexia and dyspnea approximately 3 weeks prior. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography revealed acute occlusion of the left popliteal artery and multiple infiltration shadows with bilateral multifocal parenchymal consolidation of the lungs, suggesting post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia. As he had no comorbid risk of cardiogenic embolism or atherosclerosis, we diagnosed him with COVID-19-related arterial thrombosis. COVID-19-related arterial thrombosis should be considered a possible cause of acute limb ischemia, even when ischemic symptoms occur several weeks post infection.
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