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Case Reports
. 2020 Jul 15;2(9):1397-1401.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.06.003. Epub 2020 Jun 8.

4 Cases of Aortic Thrombosis in Patients With COVID-19

Bastien Woehl  1 , Bree Lawson  2 , Lucas Jambert  1 , Jonathan Tousch  1 , Afif Ghassani  3 , Amer Hamade  1
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Case Reports

4 Cases of Aortic Thrombosis in Patients With COVID-19

Bastien Woehl et al. JACC Case Rep. .

Abstract

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing evidence suggests that infected patients present a high incidence of thrombotic complications. This report describes 4 cases of aortic thrombosis in patients admitted for COVID-19 infection between March 26 and April 12, 2020, in Mulhouse, France. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.).

Keywords: COVID-19; COVID-19, coronavirus-2019; CT, computed tomography; RT-PCR, reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; SARS-CoV-2; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2; aorta; aortic thrombosis.

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Computed Tomography Angiography of Patient #1 CT angiography of patient 1 shows a nonobstructive thrombus formation of descending aorta (arrow) in an axial view (A) and a sagittal view (B).
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Figure 2
Computed Tomography Angiography of Patient #2 CT angiography of patient 2 shows an obstructive thrombosis of the abdominal aorta (arrow) in an axial view (A) and a coronal view (B).
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Figure 3
Computed Tomography Angiography of Patient #3 CT angiography of patient 3 shows a nonobstructive abdominal aortic thrombosis and an obstructive right common iliac artery thrombosis (arrow) in an axial view (A) and a coronal view (B).
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Figure 4
Computed Tomography Angiography of Patient #4 CT angiography of patient 4 shows a nonobstructive abdominal aortic thrombus formation (arrow) in an axial view (A) and a sagittal view (B) and a right renal artery thrombosis (dashed arrow) in sagittal view.
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