In the originally published version of this manuscript, there was an error in the title. The title should read: ``Acute abdomen in a 54-year-old COVID-19 patient: a case report'' instead of ``Acute abdomen in a 54-year-old COVID-19 patient: a case teport''. This error has been corrected online.

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