Forty-One-Year-Old Man with Pulmonary Embolism 5 Months After COVID-19

Muhanad Taha; Paul Nguyen; Aditi Sharma; Mazen Taha; Lobelia Samavati

doi:10.1177/1179548420986659

Forty-One-Year-Old Man with Pulmonary Embolism 5 Months After COVID-19

Clin Med Insights Circ Respir Pulm Med. 2021 Feb 8:15:1179548420986659. doi: 10.1177/1179548420986659. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Muhanad Taha¹, Paul Nguyen¹, Aditi Sharma¹, Mazen Taha², Lobelia Samavati³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Detroit Medical Centre/Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.
² Cairo University, Faculty of Medicine, Giza, Egypt.
³ Department of Pulmonary Critical Care & Sleep Division, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.

Abstract

Background: Hypercoagulation is one of the striking features of COVID-19. Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 are at high risk for venous thromboembolism. However, it is unknown if the risk for venous thromboembolism persists after discharge.

Case summary: We report a case with pulmonary embolism 5 months after COVID-19. No risk factors for venous thrombosis have been identified.

Conclusion: In COVID-19 related hospitalization, large studies are needed to identify the risk of venous thromboembolism after discharge.

Keywords: COVID-19; deep venous thrombosis; post discharge; pulmonary embolism; venous thromboembolism.

Publication types

Case Reports