COVID-19 in a Patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia with Pseudohypoxemia
  • Orivaldo Alves Barbosa
    Hospital Geral Dr. César Cals, Fortaleza /Ceará, Brazil; Department of Medicine, Christus University Center (UNICHRISTUS), Fortaleza /Ceará, Brazil
  • Talita Guimarães Andrade
    Department of Medicine, Christus University Center (UNICHRISTUS), Fortaleza /Ceará, Brazil
  • Maria Danielly de Almeida Sousa
    Department of Medicine, Christus University Center (UNICHRISTUS), Fortaleza /Ceará, Brazil
  • José Walter Correia
    Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Geral Dr. César Cals, Fortaleza /Ceará, Brazil

Keywords

Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, COVID-19, coronavirus, pseudohypoxemia, sepsis

Abstract

Infection with SARS-CoV-2 causes critical disease in approximately 5% of affected patients, particularly the elderly, hypertensive, obese and immunocompromised. Patients with haematological cancer, including chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL), are particularly at risk of complications. Very rarely, patients with extreme leukocytosis may develop spurious hypoxemia, or pseudohypoxemia, which confuses the diagnosis of complications and can lead to intervention errors. We report the case of a patient with CLL, severe infection with SARS-CoV-2 and pseudohypoxemia.

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    Published: 2020-06-11
    Issue: 2020: Vol 7 No 7 (view)


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    Alves Barbosa O, Guimarães Andrade T, de Almeida Sousa MD, Correia JW. COVID-19 in a Patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia with Pseudohypoxemia. EJCRIM 2020;7 doi:10.12890/2020_001763.