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Case Reports
. 2020 Dec;81(6):979-997.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.05.043. Epub 2020 May 29.

Chronic conventional disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs masking severe SARS-CoV-2 manifestations in an elderly rheumatic patient

Caterina Sagnelli  1 , Valeria Gentile  1 , Rosella Tirri  2 , Margherita Macera  1 , Salvatore Cappabianca  2 , Francesco Ciccia  2 , Nicola Coppola  1 ; Vanvitelli COVID-19 group  1
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Chronic conventional disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs masking severe SARS-CoV-2 manifestations in an elderly rheumatic patient

Caterina Sagnelli et al. J Infect. 2020 Dec.
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Fig. 1
Axial non-contrast CT scans of the upper chest in the lung in an 82-year-old woman with COVID-19 pneumonia. A: Single sub-pleural thin band-like consolidation in the right upper lobe associated with ground-glass opacities (GGO). A small GGO is also seen in the left upper lobe, 7 days after the onset of symptoms. B: Scan showed an increased extension of GGO in the right upper lobe associated with septal thickening (crazy paving) and posterior consolidations. Two smaller GGO are also visible in the left upper lobe, 10 days after the onset of symptoms. C: Axial non-contrast CT image obtained below the carina showed bilateral multifocal GGO in both lower lobes with prevalence of the peripheral regions, 7 days after the onset of symptoms. D: Scan showed a mixed pattern with parenchymal consolidations and parenchymal bands in both lower lobes with sub-pleural and posterior distribution. The perilobular bands of consolidation associated with thickening of the interlobular septa suggested the presence of organizing pneumonia, 10 days after the onset of symptoms.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
D-Dimer, CRP and PAO2/FO2% and therapy in a 82-year-old woman.
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