PULMONARY MICRONODULES OF PROBABLE VARICELLA ETIOLOGY

Abstract

Often, during consultations, elements pertaining to the patient’s history are omitted, leading to a diagnostic suspicion far from the truth and to unrequired medical investigations. Herein, we describe the case of a 36-year-old patient who presented himself for a post-COVID evaluation and a second medical opinion regarding the appearance of pulmonary micronodules during the control chest Computed Tomography (CT) scan. From the patient's history, we note that he had a SARS-CoV-2 infection in May 2021 and because he had persistent symptoms of retrosternal discomfort and the feeling of having a "knot in his throat", the patient presented himself for a consultation that recommended CT scan, performed in July 2021. In this CT examination (Fig. 1, A and D), several pulmonary micronodules of uncertain etiology were observed, but according to their appearance, they are most likely sequelae; no other pathological changes were observed. Routine blood tests were normal. The patient was advised to undergo a new CT scan after 6 months, in order to monitor the evolution of the nodules.