Journal of Clinical Sciences (Jan 2021)

Unexplained pulmonary thrombosis as a sole presentation of COVID-19: A case report

  • Ogochukwu A Ekete,
  • Adewale S Ogundare,
  • Nnaemeka C Ifediora,
  • Obianuju B Ozoh

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/jcls.jcls_70_20
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 18, no. 3
pp. 174 – 176

Abstract

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Recent reports have shown that thrombotic complications occur rather frequently among patients who have the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Clinical presentation of pulmonary thrombosis is usually in association with moderate to severe symptoms of COVID-19 and manifests with worsening symptoms and features of atypical pneumonia on imaging. We report an unusual case of extensive pulmonary thrombosis in a young otherwise healthy adult without any typical COVID-19 symptom nor features of atypical pneumonia on imaging.

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