COVID Toes: Concurrent Lower Limb Arterial and Venous Thromboembolism in a Patient with COVID-19 Pneumonitis Presenting with Foot Ischaemia

Vasc Endovascular Surg. 2022 Feb;56(2):201-207. doi: 10.1177/15385744211045600. Epub 2021 Sep 30.

Abstract

We present a 74-year-old gentleman, who presented with foot ischaemia requiring bilateral amputation in the absence of radiological signs of occlusive peripheral arterial disease. He was found to have COVID-19 pneumonitis and concurrent arterial and venous thromboemboli despite no initial respiratory symptoms or signs, nor pre-existing risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Patients who present with foot ischaemia with or without respiratory symptoms or signs warrant a high index of suspicion for COVID-19 infection, particularly in those with no predisposing risk factors.

Keywords: COVID toes; COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; acral ischaemia; amputation; arterial thromboembolism; coronavirus; foot ischaemia; venous thromboembolism.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • COVID-19*
  • Humans
  • Ischemia / diagnostic imaging
  • Ischemia / etiology
  • Lower Extremity
  • Male
  • Peripheral Arterial Disease* / complications
  • Peripheral Arterial Disease* / diagnostic imaging
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Toes
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Venous Thromboembolism*