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Anales del Sistema Sanitario de Navarra
versão impressa ISSN 1137-6627
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LOZANO-GOMEZ, H et al. Pulmonary cavitations, late complication of COVID-19. Anales Sis San Navarra [online]. 2022, vol.45, n.1, e0974. Epub 07-Nov-2022. ISSN 1137-6627. https://dx.doi.org/10.23938/assn.0974.
Patients who have recently suffered from SARS-CoV-2 infections may suffer serious complications, such as pneumothorax or pulmonary cavitations that increase morbi-mortality and imply a challenge for the design of the most appropriate therapeutic strategy to improve their prognosis. Pulmonary cavities are usually associated with secondary complications such as hemoptysis and pneumothorax, and so offer a poor prognosis.
We present the case of two patients with COVID-19 disease confirmed by nasopharyngeal PCR who showed satisfactory evolution before readmission with pulmonary involvement compatible with pulmonary cavitation and respiratory failure. Cavitated lesions in the lungs of patients who recently suffered COVID-19 must be identified early in order to discard additional superinfections that may worsen the prognosis.
Palavras-chave : Cavitation; SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; Lung abscess; Superinfection.