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Lung CT Segmentation to Identify Consolidations and Ground Glass Areas for Quantitative Assesment of SARS-CoV Pneumonia
Published on: December 19, 2020
Histologic evidence of tracheal stenosis directly resulting from SARS-CoV-2 tissue infiltration, a case series
Tyler B Draeger1, Sarah Tedesco2, Shahriyour K Andaz3
1Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai South Nassau, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Oceanside, NY, USA.
Background:
There has been an anecdotal increase in the incidence of tracheal stenosis that has coincided with the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.
Case Presentation:
This is a case series in which we report clinical and pathologic findings of two patients who subsequently developed subglottic tracheal stenosis after having been hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia. Histopathologic analysis of tissue from these patients shows features consistent with tissue infiltrated with SARS-CoV-2 virus, namely multinucleated syncytial cells with prominent nucleoli.
Conclusion:
Our findings directly implicate SARS-CoV-2 in the pathogenesis of tracheal stenosis.
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