Lung Involvement Found on Chest CT Scan in a Pre-Symptomatic Person with SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Case Report

The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 infection is spreading worldwide, and there are many reports of acute respiratory distress syndrome caused by this infection. However, asymptomatic lung involvement has not been reported. We hereby present the case of a 44-year-old health-care worker, who was found t...

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Autores principales: Asadollahi-Amin, Ali, Hasibi, Mehrdad, Ghadimi, Fatemeh, Rezaei, Hosnieh, SeyedAlinaghi, SeyedAhmad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7344491/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32272630
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed5020056
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Sumario:The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 infection is spreading worldwide, and there are many reports of acute respiratory distress syndrome caused by this infection. However, asymptomatic lung involvement has not been reported. We hereby present the case of a 44-year-old health-care worker, who was found to be infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus after a CT-scan performed for an unrelated condition revealed a lesion in the lung field compatible with COVID-19 infection. His condition deteriorated initially, but eventually improved with supportive treatment and the compassionate use of antivirals and antimalarials and is now in a stable condition.

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