A Case of Hemorrhagic Cholecystitis in a Patient on Apixaban After COVID-19 Infection.

BACKGROUND Hemorrhagic cholecystitis is a rare cause of abdominal pain, which can result from malignancy, bleeding, or trauma. The presentation, which includes right upper-quadrant pain, nausea, and vomiting, can overlap with other disease states, thereby rendering the diagnosis challenging. CASE REPORT We describe a patient taking apixaban wo had paroxysmal atrial fibrillation with history of joint pain on long-term steroids who developed hemorrhagic cholecystitis following an episode of pneumonia secondary to SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) infection.