Acute upper limb ischemia as the first manifestation in a patient with COVID-19

Abstract

Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) first emerged in December 2019 in China and rapidly spread worldwide. Although various studies have reported that COVID-19 is associated with a hypercoagulable state and thrombotic complications in critically ill patients, there are few case reports on thrombotic events as one of the presenting symptoms. We report a case of acute upper extremity ischemia as the initial clinical presentation of a patient with COVID-19.

Keywords

• Coronavirus
• COVID-19
• Acute limb ischemia
• Anticoagulation
• Hypercoagulable state