• Maedeh Veyseh, Prateek Pophali, Apoorva Jayarangaiah, and Abhishek Kumar.
• Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA.
• BMJ Case Rep. 2020 Sep 7; 13 (9).

AbstractCOVID-19 disease is a viral illness that predominantly causes pneumonia and severe acute respiratory distress syndrome. The endothelial injury and hypercoagulability secondary to the inflammatory response predisposes severely ill patients to venous thromboembolism. The exact mechanism of hypercoagulability is still under investigation, but it is known to be associated with poor prognosis. The most common thrombotic complication reported among these patients is pulmonary embolism. To our knowledge, gonadal vein thrombosis is an uncommon phenomenon that has not been reported in the setting of COVID-19-associated coagulopathy. We report an unusual case of ovarian vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism associated with COVID-19 presenting with abdominal pain. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of COVID-19 with absent respiratory symptoms and presentation with venous thrombosis in an unusual location.© BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2020. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.

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