Severe organising pneumonia following COVID-19.

Vadász, István; Husain-Syed, Faeq; Dorfmüller, Peter; Roller, Fritz C; Tello, Khodr; Hecker, Matthias; Morty, Rory E; Gattenlöhner, Stefan et al. · Thorax · 2021

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Various forms of diffuse parenchymal lung disease have been proposed as potential consequences of severe COVID‑19. We describe the clinical, radiological and histological findings of patients with COVID‑19-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome who later developed severe organising pneumonia including longitudinal follow-up. Our findings may have important implications for the therapeutic modalities in the late-phase of severe COVID‑19 and might partially explain why a subgroup of COVID‑19 patients benefits from systemic corticosteroids.

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