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Following its discovery in Wuhan, China, in December 2019, COVID-19 has attained pandemic status in mere months It is caused by SARS-CoV-2, an enveloped beta coronavirus This infection causes a prothrombogenic state by interplay of inflammatory mediators, and endothelial, microvascular, and possible hepatic damage and tissue tropism of the virus This leads to frequent pulmonary and cerebral thromboembolism as well as occasional involvement of other organs We present a 71-year-old man who initially presented with 2 weeks of fever, cough, and shortness of breath and was diagnosed with COVID-19 pneumonia He required readmission due to worsened hypoxia and was later found to have left renal artery thrombosis with left kidney infarction, associated with an ascending aortic thrombus He was anticoagulated and recovered uneventfully We suggest that physicians have a high degree of suspicion to diagnose and manage the novel manifestations of this disease
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