TY - JOUR
T1 - A silent march-Post covid fibrosis in asymptomatics – A cause for concern?
AU - Antony, Thomas
AU - Vishak Acharya, K.
AU - Keerthi, N. S.
AU - Unnikrishnan, B.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 Tuberculosis Association of India
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - We report a case series of patients presenting with undiagnosed pulmonary fibrosis as a primary manifestation. On evaluation, after excluding other causes, the fibrosis was attributed to asymptomatic or mild COVID illness in the past. This case series serves to highlight the difficulties posed to clinicians while evaluating pulmonary fibrosis in the post-COVID era, more so in mild to asymptomatic COVID-19. The intriguing possibility of fibrosis setting even in mild to asymptomatic COVID is discussed.
AB - We report a case series of patients presenting with undiagnosed pulmonary fibrosis as a primary manifestation. On evaluation, after excluding other causes, the fibrosis was attributed to asymptomatic or mild COVID illness in the past. This case series serves to highlight the difficulties posed to clinicians while evaluating pulmonary fibrosis in the post-COVID era, more so in mild to asymptomatic COVID-19. The intriguing possibility of fibrosis setting even in mild to asymptomatic COVID is discussed.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijtb.2022.05.004
DO - 10.1016/j.ijtb.2022.05.004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85131367289
SN - 0019-5707
VL - 70
SP - 249
EP - 252
JO - Indian Journal of Tuberculosis
JF - Indian Journal of Tuberculosis
IS - 2
ER -
