Document Type : Research articles
Authors
- Arezoo Esmailzadeh 1
- shahla Chaichian 2
- Abolfazl Mehdizadehkashi 1
- Kobra Tahermanesh 1
- Samaneh Rokhgireh 1
- Nastaran Khodakarim 3
- Shima Ghafourian 4
- Saeedeh Moslemi 1
- Meisam Akhlaghdoust 5
1 Endometriosis Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2 Pars Advanced and Minimally Invasive Medical Manners Research Center, Pars Hospital, Iran University
3 Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
4 Department of Radiology, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
5 Functional Neurosurgery Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), newly emerging in the world as a pandemic disease, can have rare extrapulmonary manifestations. Few studies have reported coagulation disorders, induced by coronavirus; however, hemorrhage is an extremely rare and life-threatening phenomenon in COVID-19.
Case presentation: Herein, we present a 31-year-old woman referring with vaginal bleeding, melena, skin ecchymosis, mucosal bleeding, melena, hematuria, and hypovolemic shock. At our center, she was diagnosed as a case of severe internal hemorrhage due to ovulation site hemorrhage and underwent emergency surgery, complicated by prolonged international normalized ratio, which could be due to the presence of COVID-19 in the patient, detected by spiral computed tomography.
Conclusions: This case showed the importance of examining COVID-19 in any patients referring to the hospital during the pandemic as well as paying greater attention to the effect of COVID-19 on coagulation disorders in these patients.
Keywords
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