Pathological changes in organs in rheumatoid arthritis with secondary amyloidosis of the heart and kidneys on the background of COVID-19

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic is a global health emergency. The relevance of this problem in immunoinflammatory rheumatic diseases is due to the increased risk of infection with SARS-CoV-2 and its severe course. The paper describes the clinical features and morphological changes in organs in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and secondary amyloidosis of the heart and kidneys, who died from an infection caused by SARS-CoV-2.

Keywords

• covid-19
• rheumatoid arthritis
• amyloidosis
• kidneys
• heart