European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine (Feb 2023)

Organizing pneumonia: an unusual sequela of COVID-19 infection

  • Mohamed Magdi Eid,
  • Lea Carina Rivera,
  • Sarah Mohamed,
  • Tooba Salar,
  • Mostafa Reda Mostafa,
  • Mostafa Najim,
  • Muhammad Ahmed Malik,
  • Sarath Lal Mannumbeth Renjithal

DOI
https://doi.org/10.12890/2023_003787

Abstract

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Organizing pneumonia (OP) is a form of interstitial lung disease that develops in response to acute lung injury. SARS-CoV-2 causes a wide range of lung and extrapulmonary disease, but there are few data suggesting an association between COVID-19 and OP. We describe a patient with COVID-19 pneumonia who developed severe progressive OP with significant morbidity.

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