A Giant Spontaneous Subcapsular Hematoma of the Liver Revealing a COVID-19 Infection, a Coincidence? (A Case Report)

Overview

Journal Pan Afr Med J

Date 2021 Apr 29

PMID 33912312

Citations 3

Authors

Anisse Tidjane

Amel Laredj

Nabil Boudjenan-Serradj

Salim Bensafir

Benali Tabeti

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Abstract

Hemorrhagic manifestations during COVID-19 infections are increasingly described in the literature. We report the first case of spontaneous subcapsular hematoma of the liver revealing a COVID-19 infection in a 44-year-old woman with no underlying health condition history, a computerized tomography evaluation showed an aspect of lung ground-glass opacities, with moderate impairment estimated at about 20%. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction confirmed the diagnosis of COVID-19 infection. During the COVID-19 pandemic, non-traumatic bleeding such as spontaneous hematomas in patients with no coagulation disorder could be a manifestation of COVID-19 infection.

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