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Gastrointestinal perforation in COVID-19 patients – case series and review of the literature

Author(s) -

Deepak Verma,

Sarthak Sharma,

Lalit Garg,

Aishwarya Tinaikar

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

clinical surgery research communications

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2573-0096

pISSN - 2573-0088

DOI - 10.31491/csrc.2020.12.064

Subject(s) - medicine , perforation , covid-19 , gastrointestinal tract , abdominal pain , gastrointestinal perforation , pandemic , coronavirus , bowel perforation , gastroenterology , complication , diarrhea , surgery , disease , peritonitis , materials science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , punching , metallurgy

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV 2) involving the respiratory tract started in 2019 in Wuhan, China but spread to almost all parts of the world to the extent that it was declared a pandemic by WHO. As more and more cases are detected, the involvement of systems other than respiratory was observed and nearly 5 to 50 % of patients have abdominal symptoms like pain and diarrhea. During the course of treatment, few patients developed a rare complication of gastrointestinal perforation. Three cases (two with colonic perforation and one with gastric perforation) of gastrointestinal perforation in COVID-19 positive patient are reported in the article with a review of the literature regarding the various hypothesis of intestinal perforation in these patients. Keywords: COVID-19; gastrointestinal perforation; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV 2); Tocilizumab

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