Case presentation A 30-year-old man was re-admitted to the hospital due to a partial bowel obstruction. Medical history The patient was suffering from rectal cancer. Though the tumor had not invaded adjacent organs, it had passed through the rectum wall and also spread to one to three nearby lymph nodes (clinical stage: T4aN1a). He had neither reported comorbidities nor any signs or symptoms indicative of COVID-19 at the time of admission.
The patient underwent cystostomy, repair of the urethra due to tumoral invasion, ultralow anterior resection, and diverting loop ileostomy 12 weeks post-chemoradiation. The postoperative course was normal, and he was discharged after one week. Clinical presentation Leukopenia (from the second day of hospitalization; WBC: 2800; lymphocytosis: 17% No anastomosis leakage; no abdominal sepsis Lower sections of the lungs had some suspicious…
