Systemic Vasculitis Post-COVID-19: A Case Report.
| Autor: | Nahar S; Internal Medicine, California Institute of Behavioral Neurosciences and Psychology, Fairfield, USA., Husain MM; Internal Medicine, Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, Fort Myers, USA., Maharaj A; Internal Medicine, Port of Spain General Hospital, Chaguanas, TTO., Lakkimsetti M; Internal Medicine, Mamata Medical College, Khammam, IND., Vemoori Y; Internal Medicine, Rajarajeshwari Medical College and Hospital, Bengaluru, IND., Karim MN; Internal Medicine, Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons, Dhaka, BGD., Saaki SS; Internal Medicine, Dhaka Medical College and Hospital, Georgetown, USA., Oeshe FBA; Internal Medicine, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical College, Faridpur, BGD., Begum R; Internal Medicine, Jalalabad Ragib-Rabeya Medical College, Sylhet, BGD. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Cureus [Cureus] 2024 Oct 30; Vol. 16 (10), pp. e72724. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Oct 30 (Print Publication: 2024). |
| DOI: | 10.7759/cureus.72724 |
| Abstrakt: | Vasculitis is one of the complications of COVID. Coronavirus may trigger or exacerbate autoimmune diseases, such as systemic vasculitis. We present the case of an elderly individual with a medical history that includes recurrent urinary tract infections, hyperlipidemia, essential hypertension, and peripheral vascular disease. Doctors suspected vasculitis due to declining renal function, clinical condition, and serological findings of the patient. His serum tested positive for antinuclear antibodies. A kidney biopsy was deemed necessary due to the unclear cause of his renal insufficiency. The biopsy revealed focal necrotizing and crescentic glomerulonephritis (GN), a pauci-immune type. It is essential to learn more about COVID-19 and its related complications. This case highlights the difficulties of COVID-19, leading to focal necrotizing and crescentic GN. Maintaining a broad differential is essential while treating a patient who has recovered from the initial infection. This research is important because it will help clinicians to identify this perspective while treating patients. We also review some related articles on the association of COVID-19 with vasculitis. Competing Interests: Human subjects: Consent for treatment and open access publication was obtained or waived by all participants in this study. Conflicts of interest: In compliance with the ICMJE uniform disclosure form, all authors declare the following: Payment/services info: All authors have declared that no financial support was received from any organization for the submitted work. Financial relationships: All authors have declared that they have no financial relationships at present or within the previous three years with any organizations that might have an interest in the submitted work. Other relationships: All authors have declared that there are no other relationships or activities that could appear to have influenced the submitted work. (Copyright © 2024, Nahar et al.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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