Case 31-2021: A 21-Year-Old Man with Sore Throat, Epistaxis, and Oropharyngeal Petechiae

A 21-year-old man with sickle cell trait presented with sore throat, epistaxis, and petechiae of the oropharynx. The hemoglobin level was 9.8 g per deciliter, the platelet count 1000 per microliter, and the white-cell count 670 per microliter. A test for SARS-CoV-2 RNA was positive. A diagnostic tes...

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Published inNew England Journal of Medicine Vol. 385; no. 16; pp. 1511 - 1520
Main Authors Hock, Hanno, Kelly, Hillary R, Meyerowitz, Eric A, Frigault, Matthew J, Massoth, Lucas R
Format Journal Article Web Resource
LanguageEnglish
Published Waltham Massachusetts Medical Society 14.10.2021
Subjects
Anemia
Asymptomatic
Bone marrow
Bone Marrow Transplantation
Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital
Case reports
Clinical Practice
Coronavirus
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Cytomegalovirus
Epistaxis
Families & family life
Hematology
Hemoglobin
HIV
Hospitalist
Hospitals
Human immunodeficiency virus
Illnesses
Infections
Infectious Disease
Influenza
Laboratories
Leukemia
Mens health
Mouth
Mutation
Neutrophils
Oncology
Oncology General
Oropharynx
Otolaryngology
Otolaryngology General
Patients
Pharyngitis
Pharynx
Primary Care
Purpura
Radiation
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
Sickle cell disease
Stem cell transplantation
Stem cells
Viruses
United Kingdom > UK
England
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Summary:A 21-year-old man with sickle cell trait presented with sore throat, epistaxis, and petechiae of the oropharynx. The hemoglobin level was 9.8 g per deciliter, the platelet count 1000 per microliter, and the white-cell count 670 per microliter. A test for SARS-CoV-2 RNA was positive. A diagnostic test was performed.
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ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMcpc2027096