Destructive pulmonary fibrosis after severe COVID-19 pneumonia

A 65-year-old man was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of Tenon hospital, an University-teaching hospital in Paris, France, for a severe confirmed COVID-19 pneumonia. He had a history of diabetes. In the preceding week, the patient developed fever (39  °C), cough and shortness of breath. A chest computed tomography (CT) scan showed bilateral ground glass opacities with alveolar consolidation (Fig. 1A) predominant in the lung periphery as usually reported in COVID-19 pneumonia (Chung et al.
Source: International Journal of Infectious Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Tags: Medical Imagery Source Type: research