COVID-19 and Acute Lupus Pneumonitis: Diagnostic and Treatment Dilemma

In this article, we present a case of a young female patient with previously diagnosed lupus pneumonitis, now with a flare and new superimposed COVID-19 infection that was treated with intravenous steroids. On computed tomography scans, she had extensive interstitial lung fibrosis in addition to a p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kichloo, Asim, Aljadah, Michael, Albosta, Michael, Wani, Farah, Singh, Jagmeet, Solanki, Shantanu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7277418/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32500773
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2324709620933438
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Sumario:In this article, we present a case of a young female patient with previously diagnosed lupus pneumonitis, now with a flare and new superimposed COVID-19 infection that was treated with intravenous steroids. On computed tomography scans, she had extensive interstitial lung fibrosis in addition to a positive COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction test requiring 6 L of oxygen via nasal cannula on admission. After administration of methylprednisolone, the patient improved and was weaned off her oxygen requirements and was discharged home.

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