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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Clinical Interventional Radiology ISVIR 2022; 6(01): 58-60
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1728970
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Spontaneous Retroperitoneal Hematoma in COVID-19 Severe Pneumonia–Dual-phase Multidetector Computed Tomography Angiogram and Role of Radiologist

Vikash Kumar Gupta 
1   Jaber Al Ahmad Hospital, Kuwait
,
Buthaina Mohammad Alkandari 
1   Jaber Al Ahmad Hospital, Kuwait
,
Wasif Mohammed 
2   Sabah Hospital, Kuwait
,
Mohsen Ahmed Abdelmohsen 
1   Jaber Al Ahmad Hospital, Kuwait
,
Mohammad Gaber Abdullah Mohammad 
1   Jaber Al Ahmad Hospital, Kuwait
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Abstract

Studies available in the literature have shown alterations in blood coagulation tests in severe cases of COVID-19 pneumonia, with a significant risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE). Since microvascular thrombosis is a well-known fact in COVID-19 disease, requiring therapeutic anticoagulation, low-molecular weight heparin (LMWH) in prophylactic dose is a part of the clinical management of hospitalized COVID-19 patients. In this scenario, we describe three cases of abdominal spontaneous retroperitoneal hematoma (SRH) in hospitalized reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)-confirmed COVID-19 patients.

Keywords

spontaneous retroperitoneal hematoma - low-molecular weight heparin - COVID-19


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Article published online:
14 June 2021

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