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Chief #RadRes. Masters in Healthcare Business Administration. 🇲🇽 Marathons in my spare time (x5). Aspiring #IRAD! #FOAMRad #FOAMed #MEDed Opinions are my own.
Apr 16, 2020 4 tweets 6 min read
39yo male, BMI=31, no other risk factors. Fever and myalgia started 6 days ago. #COVID19 (+). Tx with steroids & tocilizumab during hospital stay. Day 19➡️Galactomannan antigen positive (Aspergillus). #CT on day 6 with classic #COVID19 pattern. 1/4 ...#CT on day 30 shows 3 rounded lesions with a thick wall in the upper lobes not present on initial CT, suggestive of invasive Aspergillosis. Only risk factors are immunosuppressant drugs used during hospital stay. Next step ➡️ Biopsy?? ... 2/4