Alveolar hemorrhage in the setting of COVID-19: Report of a successful vascular intervention and embolization

Afshin Mohammadi; Behdad Boroofeh; Seyed Ali Mousavi-Aghdas; Mohammad Mirza-Aghazadeh-Attari

doi:10.1016/j.radcr.2021.04.034

Alveolar hemorrhage in the setting of COVID-19: Report of a successful vascular intervention and embolization

Radiol Case Rep. 2021 Jul;16(7):1777-1779. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2021.04.034. Epub 2021 May 4.

Authors

Afshin Mohammadi¹, Behdad Boroofeh², Seyed Ali Mousavi-Aghdas³, Mohammad Mirza-Aghazadeh-Attari^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.
³ Medical Imaging sciences research center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.

Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is characterized by viral pneumonia with mild to moderate symptoms. Emerging studies suggest that some patients may experience uncommon complications, such as thrombotic or hemorrhagic episodes. Here we present a 59-year-old male patient who had a hemorrhage episode from a branch of the pulmonary arteries and was treated by interventional embolization. Our case report demonstrates the importance of early diagnosis of hemorrhagic complications of COVID-19 and the possible benefits of early vascular intervention.

Keywords: COVID-19; Radiology; Vascular intervention.

Publication types

Case Reports