A case of COVID-19 associated ischemic colitis
Received date: 2023-01-29
Online published: 2024-04-10
刘鑫 , 石雪迎 , 李军 . 新型冠状病毒感染相关缺血性结肠炎1例[J]. 北京大学学报(医学版), 2024 , 56(2) : 362 -365 . DOI: 10.19723/j.issn.1671-167X.2024.02.026
Ischemic colitis is a disease in which local tissue in the intestinal wall dies to varying degrees due to insufficient blood supply to the colon. Risk factors include cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, etc. Typical clinical manifestations of the disease are abdominal pain and hematochezia. The most common locations are the watershed areas of splenic flexure and rectosigmoid junction. The lesions are segmental and clearly demarcated from normal mucosa under endoscopy. The digestive tract is a common extra-pulmonary organ affected by the novel coronavirus, which can be directly damaged by the virus or indirectly caused by virus-mediated inflammation and hypercoagulability. The corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) associated intestinal injury can be characterized by malabsorption, malnutrition, intestinal flora shift, etc. CT can show intestinal ischemia, intestinal wall thickening, intestinal wall cystoid gas, intestinal obstruction, ascites, intussusception and other signs. In this study, we reported a case of ischemic colitis in a moderate COVID-19 patient. The affected area was atypical and the endoscope showed diffuse lesions from the cecum to the rectosigmoid junction. No signs of intestinal ischemia were found on imaging and clear thrombosis in small interstitial vessels was found in pathological tissue. Combined with the fact that the patient had no special risk factors in his past history, the laboratory tests indicated elevated ferritin and D-dimer, while the autoantibodies and fecal etiology results were negative, we speculated that the hypercoagulability caused by novel coronavirus infection was involved in the occurrence and development of the disease in this patient. After prolonged infusion support and prophylactic anti-infection therapy, the patient slowly resumed diet and eventually went into remission. Finally, we hoped to attract clinical attention with the help of this case of moderate COVID-19 complicated with ischemic colitis which had a wide range of lesions and a slow reco-very. For patients with abdominal pain and blood in the stool after being diagnosed as COVID-19, even if they are not severe COVID-19, they should be alert to the possibility of ischemic colitis, so as not to be mistaken for gastrointestinal reactions related to COVID-19.
Key words: COVID-19; Ischemic colitis; Hypercoagulability
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