Covid-19 and Sudden Death with Pulmonary Manifestations- A Case Report

Authors: Vijay Kumar AG*, Shivaramu MG and Kumar U

DOI: 10.23880/ijfsc-16000211

Volume 5, Issue 4

Abstract

Covid 19 being a pandemic has uniformly and bizarrely affected the globe in a most unpredictable manner. So it becomes very important to unravel the transmission dynamics and the effect of the virus which has made it a deadly virus so far. Covid 19 is a member of coronavirus family, which also includes the SARS virus (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) and MERS (Middle East Respiratory Symptoms) virus. In September 2020, 52 years old was brought in via auto to the emergency department from his home with shortness of breath and a high-grade fever. He was a never smoker and a Teacher by profession. He was a known handicap since many years. On examination, he was declared dead at emergency department. His postmortem rapid antigen test negative. Autopsy studies of patients who died from ARDS are limited. In the only complete report available, we described lung injury characterized by exudative diffuse alveolar damage, pneumocyte hyperplasia, and septal inflammatory infiltrate.

Keywords: Covid 19; Pneumonia; Histopathology Report

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