Author/Authors :
Longo, Chiara Department of Medicine and Surgery - Respiratory Disease and Lung Function Unit - University of Parma, Parma, Italy , Ruffini, Livia Diagnostic Department - Nuclear Medicine Unit - University Hospital, Parma, Italy , Zanoni, Nicola Department of Medicine and Surgery - Respiratory Disease and Lung Function Unit - University of Parma, Parma, Italy , Longo, Francesco Department of Medicine and Surgery - Respiratory Disease and Lung Function Unit - University of Parma, Parma, Italy , Accogli, Rocco Department of Medicine and Surgery - Respiratory Disease and Lung Function Unit - University of Parma, Parma, Italy , Graziani, Tiziano Diagnostic Department - Nuclear Medicine Unit - University Hospital, Parma, Italy , Chetta, Alfredo Department of Medicine and Surgery - Respiratory Disease and Lung Function Unit - University of Parma, Parma, Italy
Abstract :
Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome (POS) is a clinical entity characterized by positional dyspnoea (platypnea) and arterial desaturation (orthodeoxia) that occurs when sitting or standing up and usually re-solves by lying down. POS may result from some cardiopulmonary disorders or from other miscellaneous ae-tiologies. We report a case of POS in a patient after fibrotic evolution of SARS-CoV-2 interstitial pneumonia associated with pulmonary embolism. The patient did not have any evidence of an intracardiac/intrapulmo-nary shunt.
Keywords :
Platypnea , Orthodeoxia , Pulmonary fibrosis , SARS-CoV-2
