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10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2022.22250
Multiple thrombi in a child diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 treated with cardiac surgery
Aybüke Akaslan Kara1, Elif Kıymet1, Cüneyt Zihni2, Yeşim Oymak3, Mustafa Karaçelik4
1Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Health Sciences Dr. Behçet Uz Child Disease and Pediatric Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Türkiye
22Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Health Sciences Dr. Behçet Uz Child Disease and Pediatric Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Türkiye
3Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Health Sciences Dr. Behçet Uz Child Disease and Pediatric Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Türkiye
4Department of Cardiovascular surgery, University of Health Sciences Dr. Behçet Uz Child Disease and Pediatric Surgery Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Türkiye
DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2022.22250
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is characterized
predominantly by respiratory symptoms but may affect
all systems, and it has been associated with thrombosis in
adults. Case series investigating the COVID-19-associated
multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children have reported
high fibrinogen and D-dimer levels; however, it is not known
whether this causes thrombophilia. Herein, we report a
previously healthy 13-year-old male patient who had multiple
thromboses associated with COVID-19, which occurred during
long-term follow-up and was successfully treated with cardiac
surgery. We want to emphasize that the long-term effects of
COVID-19 are not yet known and that the follow-up of these
cases should be continued.
Keywords : COVID-19, multisystem inflammatory syndrome, thrombus
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