Necrotising myopathy and concurrent thyroiditis in a patient with COVID-19 infection

A 76-year-old man with hypogammaglobulinemia on monthly intravenous immunoglobulin infusions presented to the hospital with fever, cough, and shortness of breath and was diagnosed with COVID-19 pneumonia requiring intensive care unit admission but not intubation. He was treated with convalescent pla...

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Autores principales: Reggio, Christopher, Paudel, Anish, Specht, Charles S, Donato, Anthony A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8174508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34083194
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-242234
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description A 76-year-old man with hypogammaglobulinemia on monthly intravenous immunoglobulin infusions presented to the hospital with fever, cough, and shortness of breath and was diagnosed with COVID-19 pneumonia requiring intensive care unit admission but not intubation. He was treated with convalescent plasma, remdesivir and corticosteroids. Sixteen days into his hospitalisation he began to report weakness without sensory symptoms and was found on biopsy to have a necrotising myopathy.
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spelling pubmed-81745082021-06-17 Necrotising myopathy and concurrent thyroiditis in a patient with COVID-19 infection Reggio, Christopher Paudel, Anish Specht, Charles S Donato, Anthony A BMJ Case Rep Case Report A 76-year-old man with hypogammaglobulinemia on monthly intravenous immunoglobulin infusions presented to the hospital with fever, cough, and shortness of breath and was diagnosed with COVID-19 pneumonia requiring intensive care unit admission but not intubation. He was treated with convalescent plasma, remdesivir and corticosteroids. Sixteen days into his hospitalisation he began to report weakness without sensory symptoms and was found on biopsy to have a necrotising myopathy. BMJ Publishing Group 2021-06-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8174508/ /pubmed/34083194 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-242234 Text en © BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2021. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. https://bmj.com/coronavirus/usageThis article is made freely available for use in accordance with BMJ’s website terms and conditions for the duration of the covid-19 pandemic or until otherwise determined by BMJ. You may use, download and print the article for any lawful, non-commercial purpose (including text and data mining) provided that all copyright notices and trade marks are retained.
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title_full Necrotising myopathy and concurrent thyroiditis in a patient with COVID-19 infection
title_fullStr Necrotising myopathy and concurrent thyroiditis in a patient with COVID-19 infection
title_full_unstemmed Necrotising myopathy and concurrent thyroiditis in a patient with COVID-19 infection
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-242234
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