DOI: 10.12890/2020_001822

Rapid Radiological Worsening and Cytokine Storm Syndrome in COVID-19 Pneumonia

Authors

  • Yvon Ruch Department of Infectious Diseases, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
  • Charlotte Kaeuffer Department of Infectious Diseases, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
  • Aurélien Guffroy Department of Clinical Immunology and Internal Medicine, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
  • Nicolas Lefebvre Department of Infectious Diseases, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
  • Yves Hansmann Department of Infectious Diseases, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
  • François Danion Department of Infectious Diseases, Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France

yvon.ruch@gmail.com

Keywords

COVID-19, coronavirus, cytokine storm syndrome, computed tomography, corticosteroids

Abstract

Background: In June 2020, a large randomised controlled clinical trial in the UK found that dexamethasone was effective in reducing the number of deaths in patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Case description: We describe a patient with rapid worsening of COVID-19 pneumonia and its dramatic improvement under corticosteroids.
Discussion: Corticosteroids could be useful in patients with an inflammatory profile, considering that acute respiratory distress syndrome may be the consequence of cytokine storm syndrome.

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Published

2020-07-02

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 7 (2020)

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Ruch Y, Kaeuffer C, Guffroy A, Lefebvre N, Hansmann Y, Danion F. Rapid Radiological Worsening and Cytokine Storm Syndrome in COVID-19 Pneumonia. EJCRIM [Internet]. 2020 Jul. 2 [cited 2026 Nov. 4];7(7). Available from: https://ejcrim.com/index.php/ejcrim/article/view/1822