Progression to fibrosing diffuse alveolar damage in a series of 30 minimally invasive autopsies with COVID-19 pneumonia in Wuhan, China.
Yan LiJunhua WuSihua WangXiang LiJunjie ZhouBo HuangDanju LuoQin CaoYajun ChenShuo ChenLin MaLi PengHuaxiong PanWilliam D TravisXiu NiePublished in: Histopathology (2020)
COVID-19 pneumonia patients who develop DAD can progress to the fibrosing pattern. While we observed fibrosing DAD in fatal cases, whether or not surviving patients are at risk for developing pulmonary fibrosis and the frequency of this complication will require further clinical and radiological follow-up studies.
Keyphrases
- coronavirus disease
- interstitial lung disease
- sars cov
- minimally invasive
- pulmonary fibrosis
- ms ms
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- simultaneous determination
- systemic sclerosis
- prognostic factors
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- high resolution
- community acquired pneumonia
- case control
- tandem mass spectrometry