Respiratory Failure in a Child with Pulmonary Metastatic Osteosarcoma and COVID-19

Rachel Offenbacher; Lara Fabish; Alissa Baker; Alexander J. Chou; David M. Loeb

doi:10.1097/MPH.0000000000001897

Respiratory Failure in a Child with Pulmonary Metastatic Osteosarcoma and COVID-19

Rachel Offenbacher, Lara Fabish, Alissa Baker, Alexander J. Chou, David M. Loeb

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Abstract

The novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, causes much more severe disease in adults than in children. Although it is anticipated that immune compromised children and children with cancer may be at higher risk of developing severe or fatal COVID-19, there are no currently published reports of fatal disease in a child with cancer. Because of the discrepancy in disease severity between adult and pediatric patients, we report the case of an adolescent with pulmonary metastatic osteosarcoma who died of COVID-19 early in the course of the pandemic in New York City in the hope that heightening awareness that pulmonary metastatic disease may predispose to a more severe outcome will increase surveillance in this vulnerable population.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	E859-E860
Journal	Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Volume	43
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/MPH.0000000000001897
State	Published - Aug 2021

Keywords

COVID-19
osteosarcoma
pulmonary metastases

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Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Hematology
Oncology

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