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Editor, Senior Moderator
Eur J Case Rep Intern Med
. 2023 Feb 16;10(2):003787.
doi: 10.12890/2023_003787. eCollection 2023.
ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA: AN UNUSUAL SEQUELA OF COVID-19 INFECTION
Lea Carina Rivera[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Sarah Mohamed[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Tooba Salar[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Mostafa Reda Mostafa[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Mostafa Najim[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Muhammad Ahmed Malik[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Sarath Lal Mannumbeth Renjithal[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Mohamed Magdi[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Organizing pneumonia (OP) is a form of interstitial lung disease that develops in response to acute lung injury. SARS-CoV-2 causes a wide range of lung and extrapulmonary disease, but there are few data suggesting an association between COVID-19 and OP. We describe a patient with COVID-19 pneumonia who developed severe progressive OP with significant morbidity.
Learning points: COVID-19 pneumonia is one of the secondary causes of organizing pneumonia (OP).Early initiation of steroids in OP is associated with improvement in symptoms and prognosis.A prolonged course of steroids may be needed in COVID-induced OP.
Keywords: COVID-19; Pneumonia; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; organizing pneumonia.
. 2023 Feb 16;10(2):003787.
doi: 10.12890/2023_003787. eCollection 2023.
ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA: AN UNUSUAL SEQUELA OF COVID-19 INFECTION
Lea Carina Rivera[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Sarah Mohamed[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Tooba Salar[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Mostafa Reda Mostafa[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Mostafa Najim[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Muhammad Ahmed Malik[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Sarath Lal Mannumbeth Renjithal[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Mohamed Magdi[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 36970163
- PMCID: PMC10035623
- DOI: 10.12890/2023_003787
Abstract
Organizing pneumonia (OP) is a form of interstitial lung disease that develops in response to acute lung injury. SARS-CoV-2 causes a wide range of lung and extrapulmonary disease, but there are few data suggesting an association between COVID-19 and OP. We describe a patient with COVID-19 pneumonia who developed severe progressive OP with significant morbidity.
Learning points: COVID-19 pneumonia is one of the secondary causes of organizing pneumonia (OP).Early initiation of steroids in OP is associated with improvement in symptoms and prognosis.A prolonged course of steroids may be needed in COVID-induced OP.
Keywords: COVID-19; Pneumonia; SARS-CoV-2; coronavirus; organizing pneumonia.