Case Report on a Patient with Steinert Disease Complicated by COVID-19
Roberto Chalela, 1– 4 Oswaldo Caguana, 1, 2 Flavio Zuccarino, 5 Karys Khilzi, 1, 2 Diego A Rodríguez-Chiaradía 1– 4 1Respiratory Medicine Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain; 2Institut Hospital del Mar d’Investigacions Mèdiq...
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| description | Roberto Chalela, 1– 4 Oswaldo Caguana, 1, 2 Flavio Zuccarino, 5 Karys Khilzi, 1, 2 Diego A Rodríguez-Chiaradía 1– 4 1Respiratory Medicine Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain; 2Institut Hospital del Mar d’Investigacions Mèdiques (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain; 3Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; 4Centro de Investigación en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias(CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain; 5Department of Radiology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, SpainCorrespondence: Diego A Rodríguez-ChiaradíaRespiratory Medicine Department, Hospital del Mar, Passeig Maritim, 25, Barcelona, 08003, SpainTel +34 932483548Email DARodriguez@parcdesalutmar.catAbstract: SARS-CoV-2 infection is predominantly a respiratory disease with a diverse clinical spectrum. Pulmonary thromboembolic complications during COVID-19 pneumonia may be associated with a high mortality rate and post-mortem findings confirm the presence of platelet-fibrin thrombi in arterial vessels of patients together with lung tissue alterations. We present a patient transferred to the emergency department due to a syncope with no other associated symptoms, who was diagnosed with an acute pulmonary embolism (PE) concomitant with SARS-CoV-2 infection without lung infiltrates. Presenting with a PE as the only manifestation of this infection, reinforces our conception of COVID-19 as a heterogeneous disease of which we still know very little. We believe that while the virus is still circulating in our environment, we need to consider ruling out COVID-19 in all thrombotic events, even if the patients have no other risk factors.Keywords: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, pulmonary embolism, syncope, pandemic |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5631c382b9404cd7a158f94cb5a456642022-12-21T23:07:52ZengDove Medical PressVascular Health and Risk Management1178-20482020-11-01Volume 1646346659514Case Report on a Patient with Steinert Disease Complicated by COVID-19Chalela RCaguana OZuccarino FKhilzi KRodríguez-Chiaradía DARoberto Chalela, 1– 4 Oswaldo Caguana, 1, 2 Flavio Zuccarino, 5 Karys Khilzi, 1, 2 Diego A Rodríguez-Chiaradía 1– 4 1Respiratory Medicine Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain; 2Institut Hospital del Mar d’Investigacions Mèdiques (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain; 3Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain; 4Centro de Investigación en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias(CIBERES), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain; 5Department of Radiology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, SpainCorrespondence: Diego A Rodríguez-ChiaradíaRespiratory Medicine Department, Hospital del Mar, Passeig Maritim, 25, Barcelona, 08003, SpainTel +34 932483548Email DARodriguez@parcdesalutmar.catAbstract: SARS-CoV-2 infection is predominantly a respiratory disease with a diverse clinical spectrum. Pulmonary thromboembolic complications during COVID-19 pneumonia may be associated with a high mortality rate and post-mortem findings confirm the presence of platelet-fibrin thrombi in arterial vessels of patients together with lung tissue alterations. We present a patient transferred to the emergency department due to a syncope with no other associated symptoms, who was diagnosed with an acute pulmonary embolism (PE) concomitant with SARS-CoV-2 infection without lung infiltrates. Presenting with a PE as the only manifestation of this infection, reinforces our conception of COVID-19 as a heterogeneous disease of which we still know very little. We believe that while the virus is still circulating in our environment, we need to consider ruling out COVID-19 in all thrombotic events, even if the patients have no other risk factors.Keywords: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, pulmonary embolism, syncope, pandemichttps://www.dovepress.com/case-report-on-patients-with-steinert-disease-complicated-by-covid-19-peer-reviewed-article-VHRMcovid-19 – sars cov2 – pulmonary embolism – syncope – pandemia |
| spellingShingle | Chalela R Caguana O Zuccarino F Khilzi K Rodríguez-Chiaradía DA Case Report on a Patient with Steinert Disease Complicated by COVID-19 Vascular Health and Risk Management covid-19 – sars cov2 – pulmonary embolism – syncope – pandemia |
| title | Case Report on a Patient with Steinert Disease Complicated by COVID-19 |
| title_full | Case Report on a Patient with Steinert Disease Complicated by COVID-19 |
| title_fullStr | Case Report on a Patient with Steinert Disease Complicated by COVID-19 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Case Report on a Patient with Steinert Disease Complicated by COVID-19 |
| title_short | Case Report on a Patient with Steinert Disease Complicated by COVID-19 |
| title_sort | case report on a patient with steinert disease complicated by covid 19 |
| topic | covid-19 – sars cov2 – pulmonary embolism – syncope – pandemia |
| url | https://www.dovepress.com/case-report-on-patients-with-steinert-disease-complicated-by-covid-19-peer-reviewed-article-VHRM |
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