Lee HJ, Kim SR. COVID-19 organizing pneumonia with sudden dyspnea in an asymptomatic survivor.
Respirol Case Rep 2024;
12:e01300. [PMID:
38362010 PMCID:
PMC10867524 DOI:
10.1002/rcr2.1300]
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Abstract
This case shows that COVID-19 survivors can develop delayed-type pneumonia with sudden respiratory distress that responds dramatically to steroid treatment after remaining asymptomatic for more than several weeks, although pulmonary involvement of post-COVID-19 syndrome is often accompanied by long-term and severe sequelae such as pulmonary fibrosis.
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