Acute phase reaction with zoledronic acid infusion mimicking COVID-19
During the pandemic, symptoms of many diseases that can be confused with the symptoms of COVID-19 have been detected and reported. In this case report, we reported a patient who showed flu-like symptoms and sudden lymphopenia within two days of zoledronic acid infusion. A 40-year-old female patient...
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Published in: | Ege tıp dergisi Vol. 62; no. 3; pp. 473 - 476 |
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Main Authors: | , , , , |
Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
18-09-2023
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Summary: | During the pandemic, symptoms of many diseases that can be confused with the symptoms of
COVID-19 have been detected and reported. In this case report, we reported a patient who showed
flu-like symptoms and sudden lymphopenia within two days of zoledronic acid infusion. A 40-year-old
female patient with a COVID-19 history was admitted to our hospital with abdominal pain.
Hypercalcemia due to parathyroid adenoma was detected. Zoledronic acid (5 mg) was given
intravenously for the treatment of hypercalcemia. Following the infusion; fever, C-Reactive Protein
(CRP) increase and lymphopenia were detected in the patient. There were no apparent causes to
explain these symptoms. The side effects we detected in the patient were confusingly similar to the
symptoms of COVID-19. Repeated PCR tests and CT results indicated that the patient did not have
COVID-19. A week later, the patient’s symptoms improved and the laboratory findings along with the
physical examination returned to normal. The patient's condition was considered to be due to
zoledronic acid infusion. We would like to draw attention to the acute phase reaction after zoledronic
acid infusion in the COVID-19 era in which the clinical situation could be confusing.
Pandemi süresince, COVID-19 semptomlarıyla karıştırılan birçok hastalık tespit edilmiş ve bildirilmiştir.
Bu vaka sunumunda, zoledronik asit infüzyonundan sonraki iki gün içerisinde grip benzeri semptomlar
ve akut lenfopeni gösteren bir hastayı sunduk. Geçirilmiş COVID-19 öyküsü olan, 40 yaş kadın hasta,
abdominal ağrıyla tarafımıza başvurdu. Paratiroid adenomuna bağlı hiperkalsemi saptandı.
Hiperkalsemi tedavisi için IV Zoledronik asit (5mg) verildi. İnfüzyonu takiben hastada ateş, C Reaktif
Protein yüksekliğinde artış ve lenfopeni tespit edildi. Hastada bu bulguları açıklayabilecek herhangi bir
sebep bulunamamıştır. Hastada tespit ettiğimiz yan etkiler, kafa karıştırıcı bir şekilde COVID-19
semptomlarına benzemekteydi. Tekrarlanan PCR testleri ve BT sonuçları hastanın COVID-19
olmadığını göstermiştir. Bir hafta sonra ise hastanın semptomları gerilemiş ve laboratuvar bulguları,
fizik muayene bulgularıyla birlikte normale dönmüştür. Hastanın bu durumunun zoledronik asit
infüzyonuna bağlı olduğu düşünüldü.
Klinik durumun kafa karıştırıcı olabileceği COVID-19 döneminde zoledronik asit infüzyonu sonrası akut
faz reaksiyonuna dikkat çekmek istiyoruz. |
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ISSN: | 1016-9113 |
DOI: | 10.19161/etd.1360346 |