Abstract
BackgroundCavities are frequent manifestations of a wide variety of pathological processes involving the lung. There has been a growing body of evidence of coronavirus disease 2019 leading to a cavitary pulmonary disease.Case presentationA healthy 29-year-old Filipino male presented to the hospital a couple of months after convalescence from coronavirus disease 2019 with severe pleuritic chest pain, fever, chills, and shortness of breath, and was found to have a cavitary lung lesion on chest computed tomography. While conservative management alone failed to improve the patient’s condition, he ultimately underwent left lung video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery decortication. Even though the surgical pathology revealed only necrosis with dense acute inflammation and granulation tissue with no microorganisms, he gradually improved with medical therapy adjunct with surgical therapy.ConclusionDocumented cases of cavitary lung disease secondary to coronavirus disease 2019 have been mostly reported in the acute or subacute phase of the infection. However, clinicians should recognize this entity as a late complication of coronavirus disease 2019, even in previously healthy individuals.
Highlights
Cavities are frequent manifestations of a wide variety of pathological processes involving the lung
Documented cases of cavitary lung disease secondary to coronavirus disease 2019 have been mostly reported in the acute or subacute phase of the infection. Clinicians should recognize this entity as a late complication of coronavirus disease 2019, even in previously healthy individuals
Cavitary lung disease may result from several pathological processes, including suppurative necrosis, caseous necrosis, ischemic necrosis, displacement of lung tissue by cystic structures, and cystic dilatation of lung structures, vasculitis, or high-pressure traumas [1, 2]
Summary
Documented cases of cavitary lung disease secondary to coronavirus disease 2019 have been mostly reported in the acute or subacute phase of the infection. Clinicians should recognize this entity as a late complication of coronavirus disease 2019, even in previously healthy individuals
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