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Volume 26, Number 8—August 2020
Research Letter

Abdominal Visceral Infarction in 3 Patients with COVID-19

Giulia BesuttiComments to Author , Riccardo Bonacini, Valentina Iotti, Giulia Marini, Nicoletta Riva, Giovanni Dolci, Mariarosa Maiorana, Lucia Spaggiari, Filippo Monelli, Guido Ligabue, Giovanni Guaraldi, Paolo Giorgi Rossi, Pierpaolo Pattacini, and Marco Massari
Author affiliations: Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale di Reggio Emilia–Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico di Reggio Emilia (AUSL–IRCCS), Reggio Emilia, Italy (G. Besutti, R. Bonacini, V. Iotti, G. Marini, N. Riva, G. Dolci, M. Maiorana, L. Spaggiari, P.G. Rossi, P. Pattacini, M. Massari); University of Modena and Reggio Emilia Clinical and Experimental Medicine PhD Program, Modena, Italy (G. Besutti, M. Maiorana); University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena (R. Bonacini, G. Dolci, F. Monelli, G. Ligabue, G. Guaraldi)

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Abdominal contrast-enhanced computed tomography scans of 3 coronavirus disease patients with abdominal visceral infarction, Italy. A) Patient 1 (axial view) showing intraarterial thrombi in the renal artery (arrow) and kidney and splenic infarctions (asterisk), seen as large wedge-shaped hypodense parenchymal areas. B, C) Patient 2 (B, coronal view; C, axial view) showing kidney and splenic infarctions (asterisks), seen as large wedge-shaped hypodense parenchymal areas. D, E) Patient 3 (D, coron

Figure. Abdominal contrast-enhanced computed tomography scans of 3 coronavirus disease patients with abdominal visceral infarction, Italy. A) Patient 1 (axial view) showing intraarterial thrombi in the renal artery (arrow) and kidney and splenic infarctions (asterisk), seen as large wedge-shaped hypodense parenchymal areas. B, C) Patient 2 (B, coronal view; C, axial view) showing kidney and splenic infarctions (asterisks), seen as large wedge-shaped hypodense parenchymal areas. D, E) Patient 3 (D, coronal view; E, sagittal view), showing intraarterial thrombi in the superior mesenteric artery and its branches (arrows in D) and thoracic descending aorta (arrow in E), as well as small bowel ischemia (asterisks in D), seen as small bowel loops with decreased or absent wall enhancement. In patients 1 and 2, scans did not show notable signs of atherosclerosis.

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