Severe respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is well known for causing respiratory and other extrapulmonary manifestations. Patients infected with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may demonstrate atypical presentations with gastrointestinal symptoms. Clinicians managing these patients should reserve a high index of suspicion for the rare complication of acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI). It is a challenging diagnosis that is often missed when presenting symptoms are subtle and nonspecific like nausea, emesis, or diarrhea. Outcomes are typically catastrophic and fatal as bowel ischemia progresses to necrosis but may be averted with timely diagnostic and therapeutic methods to swiftly restore blood flow.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, Acute mesenteric ischemia, gastrointestinal manifestations, 【초록키워드】 coronavirus disease, SARS-CoV-2, Necrosis, diagnostic, Diagnosis, diarrhea, therapeutic, Patient, Manifestations, Ischemia, gastrointestinal symptoms, Atypical, blood flow, presenting symptom, nausea, respiratory syndrome coronavirus, bowel, catastrophic, emesis, nonspecific, 【제목키워드】 setting, Mesenteric,