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Case Reports
. 2020 Jun;115(6):942-946.
doi: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000000667.

SARS-CoV-2 Gastrointestinal Infection Causing Hemorrhagic Colitis: Implications for Detection and Transmission of COVID-19 Disease

Alexandre Carvalho  1 , Rana Alqusairi  1 , Anna Adams  1 , Michelle Paul  2 , Neelay Kothari  1   3 , Stevany Peters  1   4 , Anthony T DeBenedet  1   4
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Case Reports

SARS-CoV-2 Gastrointestinal Infection Causing Hemorrhagic Colitis: Implications for Detection and Transmission of COVID-19 Disease

Alexandre Carvalho et al. Am J Gastroenterol. 2020 Jun.
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Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Initial CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis in the emergency room. (a) Axial CT image of the lower thorax shows no airspace disease in the lungs. A small, right pleural effusion is present (arrow). (b–d) Intravenous contrast-enhanced CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis in the coronal (b and d) and axial (c) planes shows severe inflammation of the ascending colon (b), transverse colon (c), and descending colon (d) characterized by circumferential wall thickening, mural hyperenhancement, mesenteric hypervascularity, and pericolic fat stranding (arrows).
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
The descending colon and sigmoid colon on flexible sigmoidoscopic examination. The descending colon, sigmoid colon, and rectum contained patchy areas of focal erythema (arrows).
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
CT angiogram of the abdomen and pelvis on hospital day 9. Intravenous contrast-enhanced CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis in the coronal (a and c) and axial (b) planes shows resolution of the previous inflammation involving the ascending colon (a), transverse colon (b), and descending colon (c). Specifically, bowel wall thickening, mural hyperenhancement, mesenteric hypervascularity, and pericolic fat stranding (arrows) have resolved.
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