Complications COVID-19 diagnosis – case report and of the literature review

Abstract

The authors present a case report of an 11-month-old boy who underwent a swab collection for SARS-CoV-2 virus. During the procedure the end of tip got broken, and the cotton part was found in the child’s stomach and extracted endoscopically. To date, no similar cases involving children have been found in literature. The authors also reviewed literature for other complications during diagnosis of COVID-19 infection.

Keywords

• covid-19
• complications
• case reports
• review.