Open AccessSpontaneous Bowel Perforation - A Rare and Fatal Complication in COVID-19 Patients: Case Report
Author(s) -
Lamya Zaher Al Aamri,
Mohammed Muzamil,
Nasser Alawaid
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of health sciences and research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2249-9571
DOI - 10.52403/ijhsr.20210829
Subject(s) - medicine , bowel perforation , covid-19 , perforation , pneumonia , tocilizumab , complication , pandemic , coronavirus , gastrointestinal perforation , intensive care unit , gastroenterology , surgery , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , peritonitis , materials science , punching , metallurgy
Coronavirus 2019-nCoV (COVID-19) is a global pandemic and highly infectious disease, with most of the symptoms being related to the respiratory tract. However, more extrapulmonary symptoms and complications are evolving and directly associated with COVID- 19 pathogenesis. A recognized clinical manifestation of COVID-19 is gastrointestinal and hepatic involvement. We reported a middle-aged man admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with severe COVID-19 pneumonia; he developed spontaneous bowel perforation. He had not received tocilizumab as the latter was reported to be associated with bowel perforation.Key words: Coronavirus 2019-nCoV (COVID-19, bowel perforation.