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Unexpected Presentation of COVID-19 in a 38-Year-Old Male Patient: A Case Report
We presently report the case of COVID-19 in a 38-year-old male who had come to the primary health care clinic of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, which specializes in the COVID-19 epidemic. He reported having fatigue, myalgia, fever, rash, and loss of taste and smell. The physical fin...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7443664/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32884519 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000509994 |
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author | Malih, Narges Hajinasrollah, Ghazal Zare, Marjan Taheri, Mahboobeh |
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description | We presently report the case of COVID-19 in a 38-year-old male who had come to the primary health care clinic of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, which specializes in the COVID-19 epidemic. He reported having fatigue, myalgia, fever, rash, and loss of taste and smell. The physical findings were maculopapular rash over his trunk, inguinal regions, and left arm, erythema of larynx with an aphthous lesion on left tonsil, he did not have a fever, and respiratory distress symptoms. There were no changes regarding COVID-19 in the spiral lung CT scan. However, the result of PCR for COVID-19 RNA was positive. |
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spelling | pubmed-74436642020-09-02 Unexpected Presentation of COVID-19 in a 38-Year-Old Male Patient: A Case Report Malih, Narges Hajinasrollah, Ghazal Zare, Marjan Taheri, Mahboobeh Case Rep Dermatol Single Case We presently report the case of COVID-19 in a 38-year-old male who had come to the primary health care clinic of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, which specializes in the COVID-19 epidemic. He reported having fatigue, myalgia, fever, rash, and loss of taste and smell. The physical findings were maculopapular rash over his trunk, inguinal regions, and left arm, erythema of larynx with an aphthous lesion on left tonsil, he did not have a fever, and respiratory distress symptoms. There were no changes regarding COVID-19 in the spiral lung CT scan. However, the result of PCR for COVID-19 RNA was positive. S. Karger AG 2020-07-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7443664/ /pubmed/32884519 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000509994 Text en Copyright © 2020 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-4.0 International License (CC BY-NC) (http://www.karger.com/Services/OpenAccessLicense). Usage and distribution for commercial purposes requires written permission. |
spellingShingle | Single Case Malih, Narges Hajinasrollah, Ghazal Zare, Marjan Taheri, Mahboobeh Unexpected Presentation of COVID-19 in a 38-Year-Old Male Patient: A Case Report |
title | Unexpected Presentation of COVID-19 in a 38-Year-Old Male Patient: A Case Report |
title_full | Unexpected Presentation of COVID-19 in a 38-Year-Old Male Patient: A Case Report |
title_fullStr | Unexpected Presentation of COVID-19 in a 38-Year-Old Male Patient: A Case Report |
title_full_unstemmed | Unexpected Presentation of COVID-19 in a 38-Year-Old Male Patient: A Case Report |
title_short | Unexpected Presentation of COVID-19 in a 38-Year-Old Male Patient: A Case Report |
title_sort | unexpected presentation of covid-19 in a 38-year-old male patient: a case report |
topic | Single Case |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7443664/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32884519 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000509994 |
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