Lethal outcome of Covid-19 pneumonia in a new liver recipient with neurological manifestation

Abstract

COVID-19 is a new contagious viral pneumonia with various signs and symptoms, including loss of consciousness, liver injury, and cerebrovascular accident; however, there is little data on the manifestation and outcome of COVID-19 in liver transplant patients. Moreover, because transplant units in Iran were closed from the first day of the COVID-19 pandemic, accurate data about nosocomial COVID-19 and the liver transplant setting is not available. In this article, we introduce a liver transplant recipient with a final fatal outcome, who had had neurological manifestations, and whose COVID-19 manifestations began in the hospital within 2 days of transplant surgery.

Keywords: Covid-19; Liver; Liver transplantation; Neurological complications; Transplantation.

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Laboratory data alterations during hospitalization

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Chest and head CT scans performed during hospitalization