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Comment
. 2020 Aug 27;56(2):2001808.
doi: 10.1183/13993003.01808-2020. Print 2020 Aug.

Rapid onset honeycombing fibrosis in spontaneously breathing patient with COVID-19

Margot Combet  1 , Arthur Pavot  2   3 , Laurent Savale  3   4   5 , Marc Humbert  3   4   5 , Xavier Monnet  1   3   5
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Rapid onset honeycombing fibrosis in spontaneously breathing patient with COVID-19

Margot Combet et al. Eur Respir J. .

Abstract

Patients with COVID-19 should be monitored for rapid onset honeycombing fibrosis https://bit.ly/2B7fRcA

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: M. Combet has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: A. Pavot has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: L. Savale reports personal fees and non-financial support from Actelion and MSD, grants, personal fees and non-financial support from GSK, outside the submitted work. Conflict of interest: M. Humbert reports personal fees from Novartis, during the conduct of the study; grants, personal fees and non-financial support from GlaxoSmithKline, personal fees from AstraZeneca, Novartis, Roche, Sanofi and Teva, outside the submitted work. Conflict of interest: X. Monnet has nothing to disclose.

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FIGURE 1
a) Initial CT scan: images show extensive ground-glass opacities in both lungs with subpleural predominance affecting 50–75% of lung parenchyma, as well as condensation in the right lower lobe. b) Control CT imaging at day-10 : axial CT images show extensive honeycombing cysts associated with septal thickening, with subpleural predominance (where ground-glass opacities had initially been observed, notably in the right lower and upper lobes), with associated traction bronchiectasis. Pneumomediastinum also developed. There was no sign of pulmonary embolism.
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