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COVID-19-Induced Cavitary Lesion: A Rare Presentation

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in widespread infection with significant morbidity and mortality. Primarily involving the respiratory system, COVID-19 has also been known to cause systemic findings. Cavitary lesions in the setting of COVID-19 have been rarely reported i...

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Autores principales: Douedi, Steven, Kauffman, Sydney, AlAzzawi, Mohammed, Patel, Swapnil V, Abu, Ahmad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8585239/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34790478
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18723
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author Douedi, Steven
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AlAzzawi, Mohammed
Patel, Swapnil V
Abu, Ahmad
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description The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in widespread infection with significant morbidity and mortality. Primarily involving the respiratory system, COVID-19 has also been known to cause systemic findings. Cavitary lesions in the setting of COVID-19 have been rarely reported in literature and the treatment and management of these lesions are poorly understood and defined. We present a case of a patient with a history of COVID-19 infection found to have cavitary lesions, eventually improving with supportive care. While our patient showed marked improvement with observation, more extensive studies and patient populations are needed to guide clinicians and cavitary lesion management in the setting of COVID-19.
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spelling pubmed-85852392021-11-16 COVID-19-Induced Cavitary Lesion: A Rare Presentation Douedi, Steven Kauffman, Sydney AlAzzawi, Mohammed Patel, Swapnil V Abu, Ahmad Cureus Internal Medicine The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in widespread infection with significant morbidity and mortality. Primarily involving the respiratory system, COVID-19 has also been known to cause systemic findings. Cavitary lesions in the setting of COVID-19 have been rarely reported in literature and the treatment and management of these lesions are poorly understood and defined. We present a case of a patient with a history of COVID-19 infection found to have cavitary lesions, eventually improving with supportive care. While our patient showed marked improvement with observation, more extensive studies and patient populations are needed to guide clinicians and cavitary lesion management in the setting of COVID-19. Cureus 2021-10-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8585239/ /pubmed/34790478 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18723 Text en Copyright © 2021, Douedi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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