Presentation
DM, hypertension, congestive heart failure, chronic kidney disease. Worsening dyspnea and leg swelling for one week, but no cough, or fever. SpO2 98% upon presentation. Signs of heart failure? Pleural effusion?
Patient Data
Age: 70 years
Gender: Unknown
From the case:
COVID-19 pneumonia mimicking CHF
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- enlarged heart with blurred margins
- diffuse, bilateral, inhomogeneous airspace opacities, which do not show a perihilar predominance. Resultant aerobronchograms.
Case Discussion
Considering the known chronic heart disease, and multiple other comorbidities, as well as the symptoms heart failure and resultant pulmonary edema could be on the list of differentials. However the absence of a perihilar predominance and the patchy distribution of airspace opacities also raises the possibility of diffuse pneumonia, including COVID-19 infection. This patient (although afebrile and without a cough) had a very high CRP and consequently tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 by RT-PCR.
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