Internal Medicine
Online ISSN : 1349-7235
Print ISSN : 0918-2918
ISSN-L : 0918-2918
CASE REPORTS
COVID-19 Pneumonia Followed by Anti-signal Recognition Particle Antibody-positive Fibrosing Interstitial Lung Disease
Tomoya TateishiSho ShimadaTakashi YamanaYuki IijimaRie SakakibaraTakahiro MitsumuraSho ShibataTakayuki HondaTsuyoshi ShiraiTsukasa OkamotoMeiyo TamaokaTsuneo SasaiYasunari Miyazaki
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2023 年 62 巻 9 号 p. 1323-1328

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and is frequently accompanied by various sequelae. Interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) are observed in COVID-19 pneumonia patients after recovery, probably due to persistent inflammation in the lungs. We herein report a case of ILD with anti-signal recognition particle antibodies following severe COVID-19 pneumonia. The patient was diagnosed with ILD three months after COVID-19 pneumonia. Although the exact mechanism is unknown, the autoantibody-induced immune response might have been the pulmonary fibrosis trigger in this patient.

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