A Case of Restrictive Lung Disease Masquerading as SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia: the Complexity of Integrating Lung Ultrasound in Clinical Management

Yale Tung-Chen; Tomás Villén-Villegas; Andrea Gutiérrez-Villanueva; Marta Nogue-Infante

doi:10.1007/s42399-022-01122-3

A Case of Restrictive Lung Disease Masquerading as SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia: the Complexity of Integrating Lung Ultrasound in Clinical Management

SN Compr Clin Med. 2022;4(1):45. doi: 10.1007/s42399-022-01122-3. Epub 2022 Jan 24.

Authors

Yale Tung-Chen¹, Tomás Villén-Villegas², Andrea Gutiérrez-Villanueva¹, Marta Nogue-Infante³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda, Majadahonda, Spain.
² Department of Medicine, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Madrid, Spain.
³ Department of Medicine, University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain.

Abstract

This report aims to highlight the importance of integrating the lung ultrasound findings in the clinical judgment, and to integrate its findings, exemplified in this patient, thought to have COVID-19 bilateral pneumonia, and turn out to have an infectious spondylodiscitis and secondary, a restrictive lung disease. As ultrasound devices become increasingly portable and affordable, the future potential of lung ultrasound relies on a not lesser degree of clinical skills acquisition.

Keywords: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19); Lung ultrasound (LUS); Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

Publication types

Case Reports