Abdominal Pain Due to Renal Infarction: An Unexpected Presentation of COVID-19.
Although respiratory symptoms dominate the clinical presentation of COVID-19, atypical, misleading non-pulmonary complaints can occur. Here we present a case of an otherwise healthy 28-year-old cisgender woman whose initial presentation of COVID-19 was unexplained acute abdominal pain, which was later found to be due to renal infarction. She was treated with anti-coagulation and was discharged after a short hospital stay. This case demonstrates the heterogeneous presentations that are associated with COVID-19. Medical providers must be aware that this virus may mimic a diverse array of disorders, even in the absence of respiratory symptoms.
['Jentzsch|Maximilian S|MS|', 'Hsueh|Leon|L|', 'Pallapati|Kevin J|KJ|', 'Mayans|Kate|K|']
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renal infarction COVID-19 hypercoagulability