Migratory Pneumonia in Prolonged SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Patients Treated With B-cell Depletion Therapies for B-cell Lymphoma

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OBJECTIVE: To report the clinical and radiological characteristics of patients with underlying B-cell lymphoma and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) showing migratory airspace opacities on serial chest computed tomography (CT) with persistent COVID-19 symptoms.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: From January 2020 to June 2022, of the 56 patients with underlying hematologic malignancy who had undergone chest CT more than once at our hospital after acquiring COVID-19, seven adult patients (5 female; age range, 37-71 years; median age, 45 years) who showed migratory airspace opacities on chest CT were selected for the analysis of clinical and CT features.

RESULTS: All patients had been diagnosed with B-cell lymphoma (three diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and four follicular lymphoma) and had received B-cell depleting chemotherapy, including rituximab, within three months prior to COVID-19 diagnosis. The patients underwent a median of 3 CT scans during the follow-up period (median 124 days). All patients showed multifocal patchy peripheral ground glass opacities (GGOs) with basal predominance in the baseline CTs. In all patients, follow-up CTs demonstrated clearing of previous airspace opacities with the development of new peripheral and peribronchial GGO and consolidation in different locations. Throughout the follow-up period, all patients demonstrated prolonged COVID-19 symptoms accompanied by positive polymerase chain reaction results from nasopharyngeal swabs, with cycle threshold values of less than 25.

CONCLUSION: COVID-19 patients with B-cell lymphoma who had received B-cell depleting therapy and are experiencing prolonged SARS-CoV-2 infection and persistent symptoms may demonstrate migratory airspace opacities on serial CT, which could be interpreted as ongoing COVID-19 pneumonia.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

Korean journal of radiology - 24(2023), 4 vom: 12. Apr., Seite 362-370

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lee, Jongmin [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Raeseok [VerfasserIn]
Beck, Kyongmin Sarah [VerfasserIn]
Han, Dae Hee [VerfasserIn]
Min, Gi June [VerfasserIn]
Chang, Suyon [VerfasserIn]
Jung, Jung Im [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Dong-Gun [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

B-cell depletion
Computed tomography
Coronavirus disease 2019
Journal Article
Lymphoma
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Rituximab
SARS-CoV-2

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Date Completed 03.04.2023

Date Revised 12.04.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3348/kjr.2022.0844

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM354132032