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Cureus
. 2022 Mar 16;14(3):e23214.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.23214. eCollection 2022 Mar.
Patient With Prior COVID-19 Infection Presenting With Acute Upper Airway Obstruction: A Case Report
Claudia Sorin[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Sugi Min[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Gerardo Carino[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
New clinical manifestations of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been emerging throughout the pandemic and are being reported to the medical community. There have been limited reports that the virus can cause acute airway compromise. Here, we describe a young patient with a recent COVID-19 infection now presenting with acute airway compromise, presumed to be pharyngitis, and their clinical course during their hospitalization. The purpose of this case presentation was to shed light on a newly reported, presumed, presentation of COVID-19 that can be life-threatening in people of all ages. Though there have been limited reported cases, it is important to include this virus in the differential diagnosis of virus-induced airway compromise.
Keywords: acute airway obstruction; covid-19; epiglottitis; pharyngitis; post-covid sequelae.
. 2022 Mar 16;14(3):e23214.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.23214. eCollection 2022 Mar.
Patient With Prior COVID-19 Infection Presenting With Acute Upper Airway Obstruction: A Case Report
Claudia Sorin[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Sugi Min[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Gerardo Carino[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35449630
- PMCID: PMC9012576
- DOI: 10.7759/cureus.23214
Abstract
New clinical manifestations of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have been emerging throughout the pandemic and are being reported to the medical community. There have been limited reports that the virus can cause acute airway compromise. Here, we describe a young patient with a recent COVID-19 infection now presenting with acute airway compromise, presumed to be pharyngitis, and their clinical course during their hospitalization. The purpose of this case presentation was to shed light on a newly reported, presumed, presentation of COVID-19 that can be life-threatening in people of all ages. Though there have been limited reported cases, it is important to include this virus in the differential diagnosis of virus-induced airway compromise.
Keywords: acute airway obstruction; covid-19; epiglottitis; pharyngitis; post-covid sequelae.