Mesenteric Artery Thrombosis, Microvascular Intestinal Endothelitiis, and Guillain-Barrè Syndrome in the Same SARS-CoV-2 Patient

Overview

Journal Cureus

Specialty Biomedical Engineering

Date 2020 Dec 7

PMID 33282599

Citations 2

Authors

Luciano E Ferraris

Giuseppe Sala

Stefano Casalino

Luigi Losurdo

Valentino De Filippis Sr

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Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in humans is a novel disease that can affect every organ of the body, with life-threatening consequences. Microvascular lesions and thrombosis have been previously reported in the lung, kidney, and brain. We report a case of combined intestinal lesions and Guillain-Barrè Syndrome in a patient suffering from COVID-19 in the absence of clear laboratory predictors of upcoming complications. The patient survived the severe respiratory syndrome but died after virus-related systemic organ failure.

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