Pleural effusion in a patient with COVID-19 pneumonia and lung cancer: A case report

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)...

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Autores principales: Fahad, Ahmed Muhi, Al-Khalidi, Hasanain A., Abdulhameed Alhaideri, Yasir Abduljaleel, Majeed Altimimi, Yasir Qays, Alshewered, Ahmed Salih
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7677042/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33240788
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101302
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Sumario: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.

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