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Case Reports
. 2020 Dec 31:23:e01041.
doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e01041. eCollection 2021.

Post COVID-19 fibrosis, an emerging complicationof SARS-CoV-2 infection

Mousa Ahmad Alhiyari  1 , Fateen Ata  1 , Mohd Islam Alghizzawi  1 , Ammara Bint I Bilal  2 , Ahmad Salih Abdulhadi  1 , Zohaib Yousaf  1
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Case Reports

Post COVID-19 fibrosis, an emerging complicationof SARS-CoV-2 infection

Mousa Ahmad Alhiyari et al. IDCases. .

Abstract

SARS-COV-2 has created one of the most massive pandemics in modern history. There is a rapid accumulation of data on its epidemiology, clinical course, diagnosis, management, and complications. One of the sequelae of COVID-19 pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is pulmonary fibrosis. There is a dearth of accurate data on the prevalence of pulmonary fibrosis post-COVID-19. We report a patient who developed dyspnea secondary to pulmonary fibrosis after successful treatment of COVID-19 pneumonia.

Keywords: ARDS; Acute respiratory distress syndrome; COVID-19; Coronavirus infection 2019; Dyspnea; Pulmonary fibrosis; SARS-CoV-2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

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This manuscript is original work and has not been submitted or is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. All the authors have reviewed the manuscript and approved it before submission. None of the authors have any conflict of interest from publishing this work.

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Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Chest Xray (1a: at the time of COVID-19 infection, discrete areas of airspace consolidation in the bilateral lower and mid zones. 1b: on the second admission, showing resolution of the airspace consolidations in the bilateral lower and mid zones).
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
HRCT chest showing bilateral interlobular septal thickening (green arrow), traction bronchiectasis (red arrows), and honeycombing (yellow arrow) with scattered reticular and ground-glass infiltrations (blue arrow), mainly at the lower lung fields and bilateral apex (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the web version of this article).
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