Could flank pain be an indicator of COVID-19 infection?

Autor:	Durmus, Emrullah, Ok, Fesih, Erdogan, Ömer, Saglik, Semih
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	Adult Male Incidental Findings SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19 Flank Pain Middle Aged Cohort Studies COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Testing Abdomen Humans urology Tomography X-Ray Computed abdomen CT Lung Pandemics Original Research
Zdroj:	Malawi Medical Journal
ISSN:	1995-7270 1995-7262
Popis:	Background We describe the incidental detection of patients infiltrates due to COVID-19 in lung basal sections in patients undergoing abdominal computed tomography (CT) with flank pain attending the urology outpatient clinic during the current pandemic. Methods We retrospectively analysed 276 patients admitted to the Siirt Training and Research Hospital Urology outpatients clinic between 15 March 2020 and 9 August 2020 with a complaint of flank pain and undergoing non-contrast abdominal CT. A total of 10 patients with COVID-19 compatible findings in CT were defined as the study group. A control group was formed from 10 patients with only urological pathologies (kidney stones, ureteral stones, and hydronephrosis) without a COVID-19 compatible appearance on CT. Results Ten (3.6 %) patients were identified with COVID-19 and pneumonic infiltrations in the basal regions of the lungs; diagnosis was made by cross-sectional abdominal CT. The visual analog scale (VAS) score of flank pain was significantly higher in the control group (p
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