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  • An 83-year-old man presented to the emergency department (ED) during the peak of the first wave of the SARS CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic with severe abdominal pain, mimicking a severe abdominal pathology. He was found to have features suggestive of COVID-19 infection radiologically, with no leaking aortic aneurysm, bowel ischemia, pancreatitis, or perforation. With worsening symptoms, a repeat computer tomography (CT) scan four days later showed features of bowel ischemia, and he underwent a laparotomy and right hemicolectomy. Four real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) tests were negative. He was still considered to be infected with COVID-19 and died from complications arising from multi-organ failure. This case highlights an atypical presentation of a possible COVID-19 infection, the urgency to have additional diagnostic tests apart from rRT-PCR, and the necessity to use the appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) during the pandemic.
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?:doi
?:doi
  • 10.7759/cureus.10442
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  • Cureus
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  • cc-by
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  • document_parses/pdf_json/bb9317f23c78598b8f5193f0eb146d089fe0cfcc.json
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  • document_parses/pmc_json/PMC7560778.xml.json
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?:pmid
  • 33072452.0
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?:source
  • Medline; PMC
?:title
  • Bowel Ischemia in a Patient With SARS CoV-2-Like Illness and Negative Real-Time Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction Test Results During the Peak of the Pandemic
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?:year
  • 2020-09-14

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