Title
A review of the main histopathological findings in coronavirus disease 2019
Date Issued
01 November 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
review
Author(s)
Vasquez-Bonilla W.O.
Orozco R.
Argueta V.
Sierra M.
Zambrano L.I.
Muñoz-Lara F.
López-Molina D.S.
Grimes Z.
Bryce C.
Paniz-Mondolfi A.
Rodríguez-Morales A.J.
Publisher(s)
W.B. Saunders
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus, has been declared by the World Health Organization as an emerging public health problem of global importance and classified as a pandemic. SARS-CoV-2 infection can result in diverse, multiorgan pathology, the most significant being in the lungs (diffuse alveolar damage in its different phases, microthrombi, bronchopneumonia, necrotizing bronchiolitis, viral pneumonia), heart (lymphocytic myocarditis), kidney (acute tubular injury), central nervous system (microthrombi, ischemic necrosis, acute hemorrhagic infarction, congestion, and vascular edema), lymph nodes (hemophagocytosis and histiocytosis), bone marrow (hemophagocytosis), and vasculature (deep vein thrombosis). An understanding of the spectrum and frequency of histologic findings in COVID-19 is essential for gaining a better understanding of disease pathophysiology and its ongoing impact on public health. To this end, we conducted a systematic meta-analysis of histopathologic observations to date and review the reported findings.
Start page
74
End page
83
Volume
105
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Epidemiología Patología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85090058618
PubMed ID
Source
Human Pathology
ISSN of the container
00468177
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