A case of post-COVID-19 fibrosis mimicking Thoracic Manifestation of Ankylosing Spondylitis.
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Emrah Doğan
Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Mugla/Turkey
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9446-2294
Sabri Serhan Olcay
Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Faculty of medicine, Department of Pulmonology, Mentese/Mugla/Turkey
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3737-5813
Tuba Çınar Olcay
Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Faculty of medicine, Department of Pulmonology, Mentese/Mugla/Turkey
Utku Tapan
Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Faculty of medicine, Department of Pulmonology, Mentese/Mugla/Turkey
Ozge Oral Tapan
Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pulmonology, Mugla/Turkey
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1499-3747
Fatih Alaşan
Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Faculty of medicine, Department of Pulmonology, Mentese/Mugla/Turkey
Published 2022-03-29
https://doi.org/10.15388/Amed.2021.29.1.10
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Keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis
Post-covid fibrosis
Apical fibrobullous disease
Computed tomography

How to Cite

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Doğan E, Olcay SS, Çınar Olcay T, Tapan U, Tapan OO, Alaşan F. A case of post-COVID-19 fibrosis mimicking Thoracic Manifestation of Ankylosing Spondylitis. AML [Internet]. 2022 Mar. 29 [cited 2024 Nov. 21];29(1):144-8. Available from: https://journals.vu.lt./AML/article/view/24972

Abstract

The most common thoracic manifestation form of ankylosing spondylitis is apical fibrocystic changes. It is also known as apical fibrobullous disease (AFBD). The patient was diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis before 9 years. He suffered COVID-19 infection and passed an intensive care period. However, post-covid fibrosis (PCF) atypically affected dominantly apical zones. If we had no sequential CT evaluations, our case could be easily confused with AFBD. On CT taken before COVID-19, the lung apex was normal. Thus, it was confirmed that there was no rheumatologic thoracic manifestation in the patient before suffering from COVID-19 pneumonia. PCF created similar changes as AFBD. Our case is the first reported paper on this topic.

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