Vexas Syndrome Presenting As Long Covid-19
Derya Yildirim, Mehmet Arda Inan, Nalan Akyurek, Abdurrahman Tufan · Aktuelle Rheumatologie · 2023 · Heft 03 · S. 212-215
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Abstract Objective VEXAS (vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, autoinflammatory, somatic) syndrome is a recently described systemic inflammatory syndrome caused by somatic mutations of UBA1. COVID-19 is a viral infection that was described in 2019 and spread widely and quickly all around the world. Constitutional, thrombotic and pulmonary symptoms of these two conditions are similar, which is why cases of VEXAS syndrome may be misdiagnosed as a COVID infection. Case report We introduced a case report of a 72-year-old male patient with VEXAS syndrome who had fever, fatigue, deep vein thrombosis and a cough and was thou…