A 95-year-old patient with unexpected coronavirus disease 2019 masked by aspiration pneumonia: a case report.
Francesco SpannellaLetizia RistoriFederico GiuliettiSerena RePaola SchiaviPiero GiordanoRiccardo SarzaniPublished in: Journal of medical case reports (2020)
This case report highlights both the possible pitfalls in diagnosing coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia in very old patients with comorbidities and the greater than expected spread of the infection, even in individuals with reduced interpersonal contacts and no defined epidemiological link.