COVID-19 Complicated with Arterial Thrombosis Resulting Acute Limb Ischemia: A Case Report from Bangladesh

Authors

  • Md Reaz Uddin Chowdhury Consultant, Department of Medicine, Abdul Malek Ukil Medical College, Noakhali, Bangladesh
  • Kazi Shanzida Akter Resident Medical Officer, Dedicated COVID-19 Hospital-Trauma Center, Feni, Bangladesh
  • Sahedul Islam Bhuiyan Professor, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Brahmanbaria Medical College, Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh
  • Bimal Chandra Das Associate Professor, Departments of Paediatrics, Abdul Malek Ukil Medical College, Noakhali, Bangladesh
  • Mohammad Moksedul Moula Resident Medical Officer, Medinova Specialized Hospital, Feni, Bangladesh
  • Fazla Alahi Khan Assistant Professor, Nephrology, Abdul Malek Ukil Medical College, Noakhali, Bangladesh
  • Sohel Rahman Medical Officer, Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control & Research, Bangladesh
  • Arifa Akram Assistant Professor, Department of Virology, National Institute of Laboratory Medicine and Referral Center, Dhaka, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjid.v7i00.50163

Keywords:

COVID-19; arterial thrombosis; venous thrombosis; acute limb ischemia

Abstract

COVID-19(Corona virus disease 2019), which starts from Wuhan, China on December, 2019 spread rapidly to different countries of the world including Bangladesh. It affects huge impact on health care system. It’s a new disease with multisystem involvement. Physicians are experiencing new presentation of different cases and rare complication including arterial thrombosis. Few data is available regarding arterial thrombosis in SARS-CoV-2 infected patients. We are currently fighting with a 60 year old lady suffering from COVID-19 pneumonia with other co-morbidities developed severe arterial occlusion of right leg despite of taking anti platelet for long time for another cause. Patient developed irreversible right lower limb ischemia not improving with continuous infusion of unfractionated heparin followed by severe pulmonary embolism. So further study and recommendations will need to evaluate the cases and treatment in COVID-19 Patients with rare presentation.

Bangladesh Journal of Infectious Diseases, October 2020;7(suppl_2):S50-S56

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Published

2020-11-08

How to Cite

Chowdhury, M. R. U., Akter, K. S., Bhuiyan, S. I., Das, B. C., Moula, M. M., Khan, F. A., Rahman, S., & Akram, A. (2020). COVID-19 Complicated with Arterial Thrombosis Resulting Acute Limb Ischemia: A Case Report from Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Infectious Diseases, 7(00), S50-S56. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjid.v7i00.50163

Issue

Vol 7, Supplementary Issue-2 (2020): Pandemic COVID19

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Review Articles

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