Renal artery thrombosis in COVID-19

Sudeep Acharya; Shamsuddin Anwar; Fasih Sami Siddiqui; Sohaib Shabih; Umesh Manchandani; Solomon Dalezman

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00968

Renal artery thrombosis in COVID-19

IDCases. 2020:22:e00968. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00968. Epub 2020 Sep 25.

Authors

Sudeep Acharya¹, Shamsuddin Anwar¹, Fasih Sami Siddiqui¹, Sohaib Shabih¹, Umesh Manchandani¹, Solomon Dalezman¹

Affiliation

¹ Staten Island University Hospital, Northwell Health, United States.

Abstract

COVID-19 has been described to have association with hypercoagulable state and thromboembolic events in major blood vessels, pulmonary artery, major limb vessels causing limb ischemia. associated with neurological symptoms and complications including stroke. We present a unique case of renal artery thrombus formation secondary to COVID-19. To the best of our knowledge this is the fourth manuscript describing renal artery thrombosis with evidence on imaging studies in medical literature.

Keywords: COVID-19; Infectious disease; Renal artery; Thrombosis.

Publication types

Case Reports