Exuberant Plasmocytosis in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Specimen of the First Patient Requiring Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for SARS-CoV-2 in Europe

J Thorac Oncol. 2020 May;15(5):e65-e66. doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2020.03.008. Epub 2020 Mar 17.

Authors

Marco Giani¹, Davide Seminati², Alberto Lucchini¹, Giuseppe Foti¹, Fabio Pagni³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency and Intensive Care, University of Milano-Bicocca (UNIMIB), Monza, Italy.
² Department of Pathology, University of Milano-Bicocca (UNIMIB), Monza, Italy.
³ Department of Pathology, University of Milano-Bicocca (UNIMIB), Monza, Italy. Electronic address: fabio.pagni@unimib.it.

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Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

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Betacoronavirus
Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / cytology*
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / therapy*
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation*
Humans
Italy
Male
Pandemics
Plasma Cells / cytology*
Pneumonia, Viral / therapy*
SARS-CoV-2