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

COVID-19 Mimicking Acute Colitis

• Park J
• Jung J
• Kim H
• Park C
• Kim D
• Lee J
• Ryu H

• KMID: 2521213
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3904/kjm.2021.96.2.143

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.

Keyword

COVID-19; Colitis; Diarrhea