Open AccessCOVID-19 in a Patient with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia with Pseudohypoxemia
Author(s) -
Orivaldo Alves Barbosa,
Talita Guimarães Andrade,
Maria Danielly de Almeida Sousa,
José Walter Correia
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
european journal of case reports in internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.125
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 2284-2594
DOI - 10.12890/2020_001763
Subject(s) - medicine , leukocytosis , covid-19 , chronic lymphocytic leukemia , hypoxemia , cancer , disease , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , immunology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , leukemia , pathology , outbreak
Infection with SARS-CoV-2 causes critical disease in approximately 5% of affected patients, particularly the elderly, hypertensive, obese and immunocompromised. Patients with haematological cancer, including chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL), are particularly at risk of complications. Very rarely, patients with extreme leukocytosis may develop spurious hypoxemia, or pseudohypoxemia, which confuses the diagnosis of complications and can lead to intervention errors. We report the case of a patient with CLL, severe infection with SARS-CoV-2 and pseudohypoxemia.