Diffuse alveolar damage and thrombotic microangiopathy are the main histopathological findings in lung tissue biopsy samples of COVID-19 patients.
CONCLUSIONS: Further studies are needed to investigate whether SARS-CoV-2 causes direct cytopathic changes in various organs of the human body.
PMID: 32979740 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Pathology, Research and Practice - Category: Pathology Authors: Sadegh Beigee F, Pourabdollah Toutkaboni M, Khalili N, Nadji SA, Dorudinia A, Rezaei M, Askari E, Farzanegan B, Marjani M, Rafiezadeh A Tags: Pathol Res Pract Source Type: research
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