Hepatic Vein Thrombosis in a COVID-19 Patient with Hereditary Thrombophilia: A Case Report

Autor: Georges Chedid, Rita Khoury, Hussein A Noureldine, Jad Gerges Harb, Esther Tannoury, Sahar Semaan, Tamina Elias-Rizk, Hady Ghanem
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: International Journal of Clinical Research. 3:127-131
ISSN: 2675-2611
DOI: 10.38179/ijcr.v3i1.120
Popis: Background: COVID-19 is an infection secondary to the novel SARS-COV-2 virus with a well-established increased risk for thrombotic events. However, the interaction between COVID-19 and other patient-specific hereditary or acquired thrombophilias remains a poorly explored area. Case Presentation: We herein report a case of a 23-year-old Caucasian female with known risk factors for coagulopathy (smoking, oral contraceptives, anti-phospholipid (aPL) antibodies, heterozygous Factor V Leiden mutation, and homozygous methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) mutation) who developed a Budd-Chiari syndrome after testing positive for COVID-19. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a case of splanchnic vein thrombosis in a COVID-19 patient with the above risk factors. Conclusion: Such a presentation underscores the additional increased thrombotic risk attributed to COVID-19 infections in the setting of underlying hereditary or acquired thrombophilias.
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