Rectus sheath hematoma in COVID-19 patient: The importance of abdominal pain in the course of COVID-19

Ali Javidi; Hamid Reza Niazkar; Jelveh Jalili; Farhad Homapour

doi:10.1002/ccr3.5768

Rectus sheath hematoma in COVID-19 patient: The importance of abdominal pain in the course of COVID-19

Clin Case Rep. 2022 Apr 18;10(4):e05768. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.5768. eCollection 2022 Apr.

Authors

Ali Javidi¹, Hamid Reza Niazkar², Jelveh Jalili³, Farhad Homapour⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine Faculty of General Surgery Gonabad University of Medical Sciences Gonabad Iran.
² Breast Diseases Research Center Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Shiraz Iran.
³ Department of Medicine Faculty of Obstetrics and Gynecology Gonabad University of Medical Sciences Gonabad Iran.
⁴ Department of Surgery School of Medicine Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Shiraz Iran.

Abstract

We report herein a case of a 58-year-old woman with COVID-19. During the hospitalization, the patient complained of acute abdominal pain, and abdominal CT revealed the rectus sheath hematoma (RSH). Since corticosteroids and anti-coagulation are commonly administered in COVID-19 patients, physicians should consider RSH as a possible diagnosis for acute abdominal pain.

Keywords: COVID‐19; abdominal pain; coronavirus disease 2019; rectus sheath hematoma.

Publication types

Case Reports