Tomography (Apr 2023)

COVID-19 Pneumonia with Migratory Pattern in Agammaglobulinemic Patients: A Report of Two Cases and Review of Literature

  • Melania Degli Antoni,
  • Verena Crosato,
  • Francesca Pennati,
  • Andrea Borghesi,
  • Graziella Cristini,
  • Roberto Allegri,
  • Susanna Capone,
  • Alberto Bergamasco,
  • Annarosa Soresina,
  • Raffaele Badolato,
  • Roberto Maroldi,
  • Eugenia Quiros-Roldan,
  • Alberto Matteelli,
  • Francesco Castelli,
  • Emanuele Focà

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/tomography9030073
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 3
pp. 894 – 900

Abstract

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X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) is a primary immunodeficiency characterized by marked reduction in serum immunoglobulins and early-onset infections. Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia in immunocompromised patients presents clinical and radiological peculiarities which have not yet been completely understood. Very few cases of agammaglobulinemic patients with COVID-19 have been reported since the beginning of the pandemic in February 2020. We report two cases of migrant COVID-19 pneumonia in XLA patients.

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