RESUMO

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is a global health emergency. The clinical course of COVID-19 in children is mild in most of the cases, but multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is recognized as a potential life-threatening complication of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Acute abdomen as a presentation of COVID-19 is rare, and its correlation to COVID-19 features and prognosis remains undetermined. Herein, we describe a case of appendicitis in a child with confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 and subsequent SARS-CoV-2 identification in appendix tissue.

Assuntos

Abdome Agudo , Apendicite , COVID-19 , Síndrome de Resposta Inflamatória Sistêmica , Abdome Agudo/etiologia , Apendicite/complicações , Apendicite/diagnóstico , COVID-19/complicações , COVID-19/diagnóstico , Criança , Humanos , SARS-CoV-2 , Síndrome de Resposta Inflamatória Sistêmica/diagnóstico