CASE REPORT
Giant haematoma of the posterior compartment of thigh in a patient with coronavirus disease 19 pneumonia and pulmonary embolism – Case Report
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Chair and Department of Pneumonology, Oncology and Allergology, Medical University, Lublin, Poland
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Chair of Internal Medicine and Department of Internal Medicine in Nursing, Medical University, Lublin, Poland
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1st Department of Radiology, Medical University, Lublin, Poland
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Chair and Department of Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, Medical University, Lublin, Poland
Corresponding author
Anna Grzywa-Celińska
Chair and Department of Pneumonology, Oncology and Allergology, Medical University , Lublin., ul. Jaczewskiego 8, 20-954, Lublin, Poland
Chair and Department of Pneumonology, Oncology and Allergology, Medical University , Lublin., ul. Jaczewskiego 8, 20-954, Lublin, Poland
Ann Agric Environ Med. 2023;30(1):45–48
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Introduction. During the Coronavirus-19 (Covid-19) pandemic, a significant increase in the frequency of complications in
the form of venous thrombosis was observed. However, there is also the other side of the coin – an increase in the tendency
to bleeding in the course of COVID19.
Case Report. We present the case of a patient hospitalised in the COVID-19 Isolation Ward due to severe pneumonia in
the course of SARS-CoV2 infection. She developed respiratory failure requiring a non-invasive mechanical ventilation. In
addition, pulmonary embolism was diagnosed, the treatment with low molecule heparin was initiated. Soon, the patient
developed a huge haematoma of the posterior compartment of the thigh causing deformation and dysfunction of the limb
and resulting with acute haemorrhagic anaemia.
Conclusion. Our article is a contribution to the discussion on the need to pay attention to the possibility of haemorrhagic
complications in the course of anticoagulant treatment due to venous thrombosis in COVID-19 patients.
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