Lobectomy for Hemorrhagic Lobar Infarction in a Patient With COVID-19.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.08.003 and PMC identifier 7518229.
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Abstract
Patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 from infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 mount a profound inflammatory response and are predisposed to thrombotic complications. Pulmonary vein thrombosis is a rare disease process resulting in pulmonary congestion, infarction, and potential mortality. This report describes a patient with coronavirus disease 2019 requiring venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for hypoxic respiratory failure who developed hemorrhagic infarction of the right lower lobe. During emergency exploration the patient was found to have a right inferior vein thrombosis and marked lobar hemorrhage mandating lobectomy.
Medical subject headings
- COVID-19
- Hemoptysis
- Infarction
- Lung
- Pneumonectomy