Korean J Med.  2021 Apr;96(2):143-146. 10.3904/kjm.2021.96.2.143.

COVID-19 Mimicking Acute Colitis

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  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, Daegu Fatima Hospital, Daegu, Korea

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.

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COVID-19; Colitis; Diarrhea
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