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An Intrathoracic Meningocele in a Neurofibromatosis Type I Patient Mimicking Severe COVID-19 Disease

Intrathoracic meningoceles (IM) are quite rare; they are commonly associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF-1). We report a case of a 55-year-old lady who was admitted to our emergency department with a sore throat, mild fever, cough, and right-sided chest pain, and tested positive for coronaviru...

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Autores principales: Mousafeiris, Vasileios K, Papaioannou, Ioannis, Pantazidou, Georgia, Kalyva, Nektaria, Repantis, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9629748/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36348911
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.29872
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Sumario:Intrathoracic meningoceles (IM) are quite rare; they are commonly associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF-1). We report a case of a 55-year-old lady who was admitted to our emergency department with a sore throat, mild fever, cough, and right-sided chest pain, and tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Ιmaging revealed a meningocele in the right upper pulmonary area, attributed to her NF-1. Clinicians should be aware that patients with NF-1 can develop IM, and they should be included in the differential diagnosis of patients with an intrathoracic mass.