Bilateral Deep Venous Thrombosis as a complication of COVID-19

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Keywords:

SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; complicaciones trombóticas; trombosis venosa profunda.

Abstract

At the end of 2019, a new highly infectious strain of coronavirus was discovered in Wuhan, China, called SARS-CoV-2, causing COVID-19. The risk of venous thromboembolic disease in COVID-19 patients is a growing problem.

We present a clinical case of a 44-year-old female patient, a native of Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, with a diagnosis of morbid obesity and chronic venous disease in the lower limbs. She was admitted due to pneumonia from COVID-19. During her evolution, she presented as a complication a bilateral deep vein thrombosis of the lower limbs. The patient received effective anticoagulant treatment with total improvement and favorable evolution.

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Author Biographies

Yoandry Sotomayor Espinosa, Policlínico Docente Guillermo Tejas Silva. Las Tunas

Graduado de Medicina año 2008.

Especialista de 1er grado en MGI. Año 2013

Rigoberto Betancourt Nápoles, Hospital Universitario Manuel Ascunce Domenech. Camagüey

Graduado de Medicina 1995.

Especialista de 1er grado en MGI: 2000

Especialista de 1er grado en Neurologia: 2006

Especialista de 2do grado en Neurologia: 2018

Master en Neurociencias. 2006

Profesor Asistente. Universidad de Ciencias Medicas Carlos J Finlay. Camaguey

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2026-04-10

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Sotomayor Espinosa Y, Betancourt Nápoles R. Bilateral Deep Venous Thrombosis as a complication of COVID-19. Rev cuba med gen integr [Internet]. 2026 Apr. 10 [cited 2026 Apr. 11];42. Available from: https://revmgi.sld.cu/index.php/mgi/article/view/1922

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