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Elective lung resection after treatment for COVID-19 pneumonia
Takashi Sakai1, Yoko Azuma1, Kotaro Aoki2
1Division of Chest Surgery, Department of Surgery, Toho University School of Medicine, 6-11-1, Omorinishi, Ota-ku, Tokyo, 143-8541, Japan.
Abstract:
A 65-year-old man with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was admitted to our hospital. Computed tomography detected bilateral pneumonia with a lung nodule suspicious for lung cancer. Lobectomy was performed 3 months after the treatment for COVID-19 without any complications. The surgical specimen revealed fibrosis below the pleura with a small collection of lymphocytes and intravascular hemorrhagic thrombosis, and no residual RNA was detected. This is the first report describing a surgical specimen after recovery from COVID-19 pneumonia, and suggests that elective thoracic surgery can be performed safely, depending on the patient's respiratory function, without infectious risk.
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