Spontaneous regression of acute fibrinous organizing pneumonia induced by COVID-19 vaccination: A case report

Respir Investig. 2024 Feb 28;62(3):356-359. doi: 10.1016/j.resinv.2024.01.014. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTA 42-year-old woman visited our hospital with complaints of fever, muscle pain, and dyspnea one week after receiving the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine. Chest high-resolution computed tomography showed a patchy consolidation and ground-glass attenuation in the both lungs, consistent with acute interstitial pneumonia. Transbronchial lung cryobiopsy revealed organizing pneumonia with marked intra-alveolar fibrin, and pathologically diagnosed as acute fibrinous organizing pneumonia (AFOP). Other causative diseases such as dermatomyositis was clinically ruled out, and COVID-19 vaccine-induced AFOP was diagnosed. Physician should check the history of COVID-19 vaccination when encountering a case of AFOP with an unknown cause.PMID:38422915 | DOI:10.1016/j.resinv.2024.01.014
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