A case of post-COVID-19 fibrosis mimicking Thoracic Manifestation of Ankylosing Spondylitis.
| Autor: | Emrah Doğan, Sabri Serhan Olcay, Tuba Çınar Olcay, Utku Tapan, Ozge Oral Tapan, Fatih Alaşan |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Acta Medica Lituanica, Vol 29, Iss 1 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1392-0138 2029-4174 |
| DOI: | 10.15388/Amed.2021.29.1.10 |
| Popis: | The most common thoracic manifestation form of ankylosing spondylitis is apical fibrocystic changes. It is also known as apical fibrobullous disease (AFBD). The patient was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis before 9 years. He suffered COVID-19 infection and passed an intensive care period. However, post-covid fibrosis (PCF) atypically affected dominantly apical zones. If we had no sequential CT evaluations, our case could be easily confused with AFBD. On CT taken before COVID-19, the lung apex was normal. Thus, it was confirmed that there was no rheumatologic thoracic manifestation in the patient before suffering from COVID-19 pneumonia. PCF created similar changes as AFBD. Our case is the first reported paper on this topic. |
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