Unexpected urological presentation of COVID-19 in a 41-year-old female: A case report

Ramin Haghighi; Seyed Ahmad Hashemi; Ali Abaszade Ganji; Ashkan Haghighi; Samaneh Mollazadeh

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3882

Unexpected urological presentation of COVID-19 in a 41-year-old female: A case report

Clin Case Rep. 2021 Feb 8;9(3):1691-1693. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3882. eCollection 2021 Mar.

Authors

Ramin Haghighi¹, Seyed Ahmad Hashemi², Ali Abaszade Ganji³, Ashkan Haghighi⁴, Samaneh Mollazadeh⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology Imam Hassan Hospital North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences Bojnurd Iran.
² Department of Infectious Diseases School of Medicine North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences Bojnurd Iran.
³ Faculty of Medicine North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences Bojnurd Iran.
⁴ Faculty of Medicine Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Mashhad Iran.
⁵ Natural Products and Medicinal Plants Research Center North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences Bojnurd Iran.

Abstract

Hematuria and urinary discomfort may be the first manifestations of COVID-19 infection. Nevertheless, more researches are needed to be done in this field to clarify the exact mechanism by which SARS-CoV-2 affects the urological system.

Keywords: coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19); hematuria; kidney; urinary discomfort; urinary tract.

Publication types

Case Reports