Organizing pneumonia as a pulmonary manifestation of post-COVID syndrome: features of diagnosis and treatment

Abstract

Treatment of patients with long-term persistent symptoms after COVID-19 is an urgent problem for clinicians around the world. One of the most significant manifestations of post-COVID-19 syndrome is organizing pneumonia that is usually treat with corticosteroids. The paper presents a clinical case of typical course of post-COVID-19 organizing pneumonia in a patient without previous lung disease. Risk factors, diagnostic methods and treatment options in this group of patients are also discuss.

Keywords

• covid-19
• interstitial lung disease
• organizing pneumonia