COVID-19 organizing pneumonia with sudden dyspnea in an asymptomatic survivor.
Hwan Jin LeeSo Ri KimPublished in: Respirology case reports (2024)
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.