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  • BACKGROUND: In late December 2019, a cluster of pneumonia cases due to a novel betacoronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 was reported in China. The so-called COVID 19 is responsible not only for respiratory symptoms, from mild up to pneumonia and even acute respiratory distress syndrome, but also for extrapulmonary involvement. CASES PRESENTATION: Here we present two cases of spontaneous muscle hematoma in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection, both on therapeutic LMWH for atrial fibrillation: the first one was an 86-year-old Caucasian female with a history of hypertensive cardiomyopathy and the second one was an 81-year-old Caucasian male with a history of hypertension, diabetes and ischemic heart disease. Blood tests revealed a considerable drop of hemoglobin and alterations of coagulation system. In both cases, embolization of femoral artery was performed. A few other cases of bleeding manifestations are reported in literature, while a lot has been published about the hypercoagulability related to COVID-19. CONCLUSIONS: Our reports and literature review highlight the need of active surveillance for possible hemorrhagic complications in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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  • 10.1186/s12877-020-01963-4
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?:journal
  • BMC_Geriatr
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  • cc-by
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  • document_parses/pdf_json/f880fd81912863d9c187ef72da3c997d491ae07a.json
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  • document_parses/pmc_json/PMC7755066.xml.json
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  • 33353545.0
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  • Medline; PMC
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  • Spontaneous muscle hematoma in older patients with COVID-19: two case reports and literature review
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  • 2020-12-22

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