一个案例报告:基库奇病与COVID-19感染引发的积极的自身免疫面板相关
Andrew Graef1, Aimee Willett1, Andrew-Huy Dang2
1Internal Medicine, OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, USA.
Cureus
|January 22, 2024
概括
基库奇病是一种罕见的炎症性疾病,可由COVID-19感染引发. 这一案例强调了发烧和淋巴腺病变作为关键症状,强调需要区分出严重的疾病,如血细胞性淋巴菌细胞病.
科学领域:
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 病理学 病理学 病理学
背景情况:
- 基库奇病 (KD) 是一种罕见的良性炎症性疾病,通常伴有发烧和宫淋巴腺症.
- 它的发病原因尚不清楚,但注意到与感染和自身免疫性疾病的关联.
- 很少有病例将KD发病与2019年新冠肺炎 (COVID-19) 感染或接种疫苗联系起来.
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