Respir Med Case Rep . Pleural effusion in a patient with COVID-19 pneumonia and lung cancer: A case report

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Respir Med Case Rep


. 2020;31:101302.
doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101302. Epub 2020 Nov 20.
Pleural effusion in a patient with COVID-19 pneumonia and lung cancer: A case report


Ahmed Muhi Fahad[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Hasanain A Al-Khalidi[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Yasir Abduljaleel Abdulhameed Alhaideri[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Yasir Qays Majeed Altimimi[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Ahmed Salih Alshewered[SUP] 5 [/SUP]



Affiliations

• PMID: 33240788
• PMCID: PMC7677042
• DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101302

Abstract

Coronavirus disease is a global infection presenting with a variety of clinical features, both pulmonary and extrapulmonary symptoms. Its diagnosis depend on clinical symptoms, laboratory tests, and the typical CT chest scan findings. In this report, a 72-year-old patient (known to have lung cancer) present with pleural effusion as possible sequel of COVID-19 pneumonia. Pleural effusion may present as a complication in a patient with coronavirus disease, but there is poor evidence to this claim in the medical literature.

Keywords: Bronchogenic carcinoma; COVID-19; Coronavirus; Lung cancer; Pleural effusion