With time, newer pulmonary and extrapulmonary manifestations of postacute coronavirus disease (COVID) syndrome are being reported. This is a case report of a 67-year-old diabetic and hypertensive female who presented with persistent progressive cough and breathlessness 2 months after she was diagnosed and treated for COVID-19. The patient was admitted and worked up as a case of postacute COVID syndrome. She was radiologically detected to have diffuse, large, multiple cystic air-filled cavitary lesions all over the lungs bilaterally. Despite adequate treatment and support with oxygen supplementation, the patient’s condition kept on worsening, and she was thus referred to a higher center for cardiothoracic vascular surgical intervention.
Severe acute respiratory syndrome-CoV-2 infection has been known to cause an array of chronic consequences, most of which are yet to be studied in detail. These presentations are due to direct invasion of the tissues by the virus or other factors such as immune response to the virus. These sequelae affect the patient’s quality of life implicating the importance of follow-up care in all coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) patients and changing the definition of “post-COVID-19 recovery.” Adequate preparedness for post-COVID consequences with adequate health care is need of the hour. This also warrants for the patients’ awareness, stressing upon the importance of educating the general public about keeping a watch for certain symptoms. Regular screening procedures may also aid in timely prevention, recognition, and management hence reducing morbidity and mortality in the post-COVID phase.
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