Brooks Stephanie N, Brown Taylor, Yeary Christopher
Surgery, Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine, Pikeville, USA.
Internal Medicine, Norton Community Hospital, Norton, USA.
Cureus. 2023 Feb 27;15(2):e35524. doi: 10.7759/cureus.35524. eCollection 2023 Feb.
SARS-CoV2 is a well-recognized pathogen with a myriad of presenting symptoms. Well-documented pulmonary, neurological, gastrointestinal, and hematologic complications have occurred during the global COVID-19 pandemic. While gastrointestinal symptoms are the most commonly reported extrapulmonary symptom of COVID-19, the incidence of primary perforation has not been widely reported. In this case report, we describe a spontaneous small bowel perforation in a patient who was incidentally found to be COVID-19 positive. This peculiar case underlies the continued evolution of SARS-CoV2 understanding and potential unknown complications of the virus.
严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2(SARS-CoV2)是一种广为人知的病原体,有多种临床表现症状。在全球新型冠状病毒肺炎(COVID-19)大流行期间,出现了有充分记录的肺部、神经、胃肠和血液系统并发症。虽然胃肠道症状是COVID-19最常报告的肺外症状,但原发性穿孔的发生率尚未得到广泛报道。在本病例报告中,我们描述了一名偶然发现COVID-19呈阳性的患者发生自发性小肠穿孔的情况。这一特殊病例凸显了对SARS-CoV2认识的不断演变以及该病毒潜在的未知并发症。