Since the novel coronavirus emerged in late December, 2019 in Wuhan, China, millions of people have been infected and thousands of patients have died. Fever and dyspnea are the most common symptoms of infection with SARS-CoV-2. However, these symptoms are neither specific nor diagnostic for COVID-19. Symptom overlap between COVID-19 and some other conditions may lead other diseases to be missed and underdiagnosed. Just like COVID-19, pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) and pulmonary infarction may present with fever and respiratory symptoms. Since COVID-19 emerged and spread worldwide, many clinicians are focused on diagnosis and treatment of this novel viral infection. Hence, other diseases presenting with the same symptoms as COVID-19 may remain underdiagnosed. Here, we report three cases of PTE and pulmonary infarction presenting with fever and respiratory symptoms mimicking COVID-19.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, Pulmonary embolism, Signs and symptoms, Venous thrombosis, respiratory, pulmonary infarction, 【초록키워드】 Treatment, SARS-CoV-2, viral infection, diagnostic, Diagnosis, Symptom, Novel coronavirus, Spread, Fever, Dyspnea, Patient, Thromboembolism, Infarction, respiratory symptoms, overlap, clinician, respiratory symptom, Wuhan, China, died, condition, presenting, mimicking, other disease, symptoms of infection, these symptom, 【제목키워드】 pulmonary, report,