Case Report
Year: 2021 | Month: June | Volume: 11 | Issue: 6 | Pages: 161-163
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20210625
Acute Lower Limb Ischemia Secondary to COVID-19: A Case Report
Komal Gharsangi1, Rajesh Bhawani2, Nitesh Kumar3, Rohini Thakur4
1Assistant Professor, 2Prof and Head, 3Senior Resident, Department of General Medicine, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Govt Medical College, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh-175008
4Senior Resident, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Govt Medical College, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh-175008
Corresponding Author: Rajesh Bhawani
ABSTRACT
COVID -19 is not just a respiratory illness; it is a great masquerader with clinical manifestations from pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome to endothelial dysfunction, hypercoagulability and multiorgan failure. Thrombotic complications due to Covid related coagulopathy is of concern as it further leads to poor clinical outcome in severe cases of Covid 19. Acute limb ischemia (ALI) is a rare manifestation of Covid related coagulopathy.
Key words: COVID, coagulopathy, acute limb ischemia (ALI).