COVID-19 Presenting as Banti's Syndrome

Zohra R Malik; Zareen Razaq; Melody Siff; Saher Sheikh

doi:10.7759/cureus.9096

COVID-19 Presenting as Banti's Syndrome

Cureus. 2020 Jul 9;12(7):e9096. doi: 10.7759/cureus.9096.

Authors

Zohra R Malik¹, Zareen Razaq², Melody Siff¹, Saher Sheikh³

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine, St. John's Episcopal Hospital, Far Rockaway, USA.
² Internal Medicine, Ghurki Trust Teaching Hospital, Lahore, PAK.
³ Internal Medicine, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, USA.

Abstract

COVID causing Banti's syndrome has not been reported in literature yet. Banti's syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by splenomegaly, ascites, and portal hypertension without coexisting cirrhosis of the liver. Here we report a case of a 32-year-old man who presented with hematemesis, and further workup revealed that the patient had bleeding varices, ascites, and splenomegaly, thus completing the picture of Banti's syndrome. Although this is a rare disorder, Banti's syndrome must be taken into account in a patient presenting with hematemesis and splenomegaly. The patient had flu-like symptoms for three weeks but did not seek any medical help and eventually presented with Banti's syndrome. His serology was positive for COVID-19. The coronavirus (COVID-19), discovered in 2019, has been creating havoc since it first emerged in China and is now spreading worldwide. Its presentation is somewhat similar to influenza.

Keywords: banti syndrome; covid; hematemesis; non-cirrhosis; portal hypertension; splenomegaly.

Publication types

Case Reports