Spontaneous Rectal Perforation in a Patient with SARS-CoV-2 Infection.
Mauro GiuffréAlessandro Marco BozzatoStefano di BellaAlessandro Agostino OcchipintiPaola MartinganoMarco Francesco Maria CavallaroRoberto LuzzatiFabio MonicaMaria Assunta CovaLory Saveria CrocèPublished in: Journal of personalized medicine (2020)
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is mostly perceived as a respiratory disease. However, there is increasing evidence of patients showing gastrointestinal symptoms, with increasing rates of presentation according to the severity of the disease. In a few cases, the abdominal involvement of COVID-19 resulted in spontaneous bowel perforation. Here, we present in detail the first case of rectal perforation in a patient with COVID-19.