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Published on: December 19, 2020
Evaluating ground glass opacities (GGO) in the COVID-19 era. Do autoantibodies help?
Nina Pejic1, Milica Stojkovic Lalosevic2, Milos Stulic1
1Clinic of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia.
Introduction:
COVID-19 is an infectious disease, caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and there have been outbreaks worldwide. The presentation may include unspecific and mild symptoms, myalgia, headaches, high fever, dry cough, severe dyspnea and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
Case Study:
We present a rare case of microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) with interstitial lung disease and without renal involvement misdiagnosed as COVID-19.
Conclusions:
Differential diagnosis of COVID-19 is extremely important, and must be correctly identified in order to proceed with correct treatment.
