The Covid 19 disease caused by novel corona virus was rst reported
in Wuhan, China in December 2019 with 5% patients having severe
lung injury. Though this disease primilary presents as the lower
respiratory tract infection, multiple digestive manifestation have been
reported which are often overlooked.
The present case report describes the unusual progression of the Covid
19 disease from pneumonia to a procoagulant state leading to
abdominal venous thrombosis and subsequent gut ischemia
necessitating emergency laparotomy.