"Inflammatory peritonitis in a child with COVID-19"

• Main Authors: Paula H. Takegawa (Author), Márcia Cavalaro Silva (Author), Caroline Belluco (Author), Thalita Mitsunaga (Author), Patrícia Pegolo (Author), Márcio L. Miranda (Author), Marcelo Barciela Brandão (Author), Ricardo Vilela (Author), Marcela Silva Castro (Author), Fernanda Junqueira (Author), Joaquim Bustorff-Silva, MD, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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COVID-19 is the disease caused by SARS-COV-2 coronavirus infection (Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2). Although its most prevalent symptoms are respiratory, there are descriptions of gastrointestinal manifestations in children, but the presentation as an acute abdomen is rare. We repo...