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https://doi.org/10.48188/hczz.2.1.3
Radiological Signs of Urinary Tract Involvement in COVID-19: a Case Report and a Literature Review
Danijela Budimir Mršić
orcid.org/0000-0003-1362-2901
; Clinical Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital of Split, Croatia; University of Split University Department of Health Studies, Split, Croatia
Kristian Jerković
; Clinical Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital of Split
Abstract
The extrapulmonary manifestations of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) are common. However, radiological reports presenting urinary tract abnormalities related to COVID-19 were not widely published. We present a case of a female patient with a mild course of the COVID-19 disease, which affected the entire urinary tract. CT scanning showed inflammatory kidney changes with multiple ureter and bladder blood clots accompanied by a decrease in renal function.
A literature review found only several publications that included imaging of urinary tract manifestations of COVID-19, generally presenting as renal infarctions due to a COVID-19 related hypercoagulability state. Also, there is evidence of some discrete changes in renal parenchymal CT attenuation values due to kidney inflammation in COVID-19 patients. However, imaging of other parts of the urinary system, with the exception of the kidneys, are rarely described to be affected by COVID-19. More clinical attention is needed to diagnose the unknown aspects of the disease.
Keywords
COVID-19; CT; acute kidney injury; bladder; blood clot
Hrčak ID:
277605
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Publication date:
3.5.2022.
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