A case of bulla formation after treatment for COVID-19 pneumonia

Daisuke Murayama, MD; Daichi Kojima, MD; Ayako Hino, MD, PhD; Yayoi Yamamoto, MD, PhD; Tsunehiro Doiuchi, MD, PhD; Ayumi Horikawa, MD, PhD; Hiroaki Kurihara, MD, PhD

Radiology Case Reports (May 2021)

A case of bulla formation after treatment for COVID-19 pneumonia

Daisuke Murayama, MD,
Daichi Kojima, MD,
Ayako Hino, MD, PhD,
Yayoi Yamamoto, MD, PhD,
Tsunehiro Doiuchi, MD, PhD,
Ayumi Horikawa, MD, PhD,
Hiroaki Kurihara, MD, PhD

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Daisuke Murayama, MD: Corresponding author.; Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Kanagawa Cancer Center, 2-3-2 Nakao Asahi-ku, Yokohama 241-8515, Kanagawa, Japan
Daichi Kojima, MD: Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Kanagawa Cancer Center, 2-3-2 Nakao Asahi-ku, Yokohama 241-8515, Kanagawa, Japan
Ayako Hino, MD, PhD: Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Kanagawa Cancer Center, 2-3-2 Nakao Asahi-ku, Yokohama 241-8515, Kanagawa, Japan
Yayoi Yamamoto, MD, PhD: Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Kanagawa Cancer Center, 2-3-2 Nakao Asahi-ku, Yokohama 241-8515, Kanagawa, Japan
Tsunehiro Doiuchi, MD, PhD: Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Kanagawa Cancer Center, 2-3-2 Nakao Asahi-ku, Yokohama 241-8515, Kanagawa, Japan
Ayumi Horikawa, MD, PhD: Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Kanagawa Cancer Center, 2-3-2 Nakao Asahi-ku, Yokohama 241-8515, Kanagawa, Japan
Hiroaki Kurihara, MD, PhD: Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Kanagawa Cancer Center, 2-3-2 Nakao Asahi-ku, Yokohama 241-8515, Kanagawa, Japan

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 16, no. 5
pp. 1162 – 1164

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In December 2019, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was reported in Wuhan, China. An 82-year-old woman presented to our hospital with high fever (39°C) and chest computed tomography revealed ground-glass opacities in the left lung apex. She was positive for SARS-CoV-2 based on a polymerase chain reaction test, and diagnosed with COVID-19 pneumonia. 6 months after treatment, chest CT showed a large bulla (47 mm × 29 mm) in the left lung apex, although pneumonia had partially resolved. Radiologic follow-up is needed after COVID-19 pneumonia, because patients may develop bullae after treatment.

Published in Radiology Case Reports

ISSN: 1930-0433 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
Website: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/radiology-case-reports

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