HAN Peng , FU Xiangning , CAO Peng , HU Shan , KONG Kangle , DENG Yu , ZHAO Bo , LI Fan
  • Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430030, P.R.China;
LI Fan, Email: tjhtsdrli@163.com
Lung cancer surgery; 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2); perioperative period
10.7507/1007-4848.202002030
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There was a male novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV, SARS-CoV-2) pneumonia (COVID-19) patient after pulmonary surgery at age of 61 years. The patient had no clear history of contact COVID-19 patient before surgery. He developed transient fever on the 4th day after surgery. The body temperature returned to normal on the 5th day after antibiotic adjustment. The patient developed fever and fatigue again on the 6th day after surgery. A chest CT scan revealed postoperative pneumonia. The patient was treated by ganciclovir and moxifloxacin hydrochloride. The patient's temperature gradually decreased on the 7th to 9th days after the operation. CT scan on the 10th day after surgery showed viral pneumonia, so we immediately raised the level of protection. The novel coronavirus nucleic acid test was positive. The patient was immediately transferred to the designated hospital for treatment. The patient was treated by arbidol, moxifloxacin, human immunoglobulin (PH4), ambroxol and other nutritional symptomatic and supportive treatment. The patient's condition is currently stable. Ten people in close contact with the patient developed symptoms, and their CT scans showed viral pneumonia. Six of them were positive in nucleic acid tests, and the others were still under quarantine observation. This shows that it is easy to confuse the imaging manifestations of pneumonia with novel coronavirus pneumonia after lung surgery. We should perform nucleic acid detection as soon as possible in the early diagnosis of CT and reformulate the treatment protocol.

Citation： HAN Peng, FU Xiangning, CAO Peng, HU Shan, KONG Kangle, DENG Yu, ZHAO Bo, LI Fan. Novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) after pulmonary surgery: A case report. Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2020, 27(4): 381-384. doi: 10.7507/1007-4848.202002030 Copy

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