COVID-19 Mimicking Acute Colitis
10.3904/kjm.2021.96.2.143
- Author:
Jaeseok PARK
1
;
Jaekwon JUNG
;
Hyunsoo KIM
;
Changkeun PARK
;
Daejin KIM
;
Jaekwang LEE
;
Hanjun RYU
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Daegu Fatima Hospital, Daegu, Korea
- Publication Type:Case Report
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2021;96(2):143-146
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
On 11 February, 2020, the World Health Organization announced that COVID-19 was a novel coronavirus disease first detected in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. COVID-19 is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The complete clinical picture is not fully known. Illness ranges from mild to fatal. The common symptoms include fever, cough, and dyspnea usually developing 2-14 days after exposure. However, diarrhea was present in a few patients with COVID-19. We report a case of COVID-19 mimicking acute colitis.
