COVID-19 organizing pneumonia with sudden dyspnea in an asymptomatic survivor

Hwan Jin Lee; So Ri Kim

doi:10.1002/rcr2.1300

COVID-19 organizing pneumonia with sudden dyspnea in an asymptomatic survivor

Respirol Case Rep. 2024 Feb 14;12(2):e01300. doi: 10.1002/rcr2.1300. eCollection 2024 Feb.

Authors

Hwan Jin Lee¹, So Ri Kim^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Department of Internal Medicine Jeonbuk National University Medical School Jeonju South Korea.
² Research Institute of Clinical Medicine of Jeonbuk National University-Biomedical Research Institute of Jeonbuk National University Hospital.

Abstract

This case shows that COVID-19 survivors can develop delayed-type pneumonia with sudden respiratory distress that responds dramatically to steroid treatment after remaining asymptomatic for more than several weeks, although pulmonary involvement of post-COVID-19 syndrome is often accompanied by long-term and severe sequelae such as pulmonary fibrosis.

Keywords: COVID‐19; COVID‐19 survivors; delayed‐type pneumonia; organizing pneumonia; post‐COVID‐19 pneumonia.

Publication types

Case Reports