Open AccessRenal artery thrombosis and mucormycosis in a COVID-19 patient
Author(s) -
Thakar Singh,
Rajeev Chaudhari,
Aman Gupta
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of urology/indian journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-3824
pISSN - 0970-1591
DOI - 10.4103/iju.iju_76_21
Subject(s) - medicine , thrombosis , mucormycosis , covid-19 , renal artery , nephrectomy , cardiology , disease , kidney , surgery , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been postulated to be associated with hypercoagulability, leading to thromboembolism in major blood vessels. There are also increasing reports of invasive fungal infections in COVID-19 patients. We report a unique case of mucormycosis associated with renal artery thrombosis leading to renal infarction and nephrectomy in a COVID-19 patient. This is the first such reported case to our knowledge.