Atypical presentations in COVID-19-lung abscess, pulmonary thromboembolism and ST-elevation myocardial infarction: Diagnosis and management in a temporary COVID-19 hospital

Abstract

COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected every tenet of societies all across the world. The gruesome disease, which is primarily a respiratory illness, as is being unmasked with each passing day, has been reported to have a variety of presentations. Here, we report three such cases with atypical manifestation in COVID-19 who were managed in a resource-limited makeshift COVID-19 temporary hospital in Northern India. The dictum to avoid unnecessary exposure by restricting investigations or procedures that would not directly aid in management has been reiterated in this series of cases.

Keywords

• atypical
• covid-19
• lung abscess
• pulmonary thromboembolism
• st-elevation myocardial infarction