Radiologically Undetectable Latent Pulmonary Lymphocyte Infiltration Suggesting the Need for Early Glucocorticoid Therapy: An Autopsy Case of Rapidly Progressive COVID-19 Pneumonia with Lymphopenia

We herein report a fatal case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia with rapid progression of respiratory failure and lymphopenia. Excessive recruitment and sequestration of lymphocytes in the lung were suggested as the pathophysiology underlying COVID-19-associated lymphopenia. Interesti...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Tanomogi, Naoki, Otani, Toshinori, Araki, Junko, Sugitani, Ayumi, Itagaki, Shingo, Kiriu, Takahiro, Shimada, Kota
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8313926/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33994439
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.7234-21

Ejemplares similares

Ejemplares similares