27 March 2026
: Case report 
Reverse Takotsubo Syndrome Triggered by COVID-19–Associated Cytokine Storm: Unveiling a Novel Pattern of Myocardial Dysfunction in SARS-CoV-2 Infection
Unusual clinical course, Challenging differential diagnosis, Management of emergency care, Rare disease, Educational Purpose (only if useful for a systematic review or synthesis)
Killen H. Briones-Claudett
ABCDEFG 1,2*, Killen H. Briones-Zamora ABCDEFG 3, Jaime Benites Solís ABCDEFG 2,4, María Antonieta Touriz Bonifaz ABCDEFG 5,6, Enny Berrus Zhumi ABCDEFG 2, Anahí D. Briones-Zamora ABCDEFG 2,3, Diana C. Briones Márquez ABCDEFG 2,4, Angela Germania Monserrate Romero ABCDEFG 5, Miguel Anderson Tayupanta Alban ABCDEFG 5, Hans Mautong ABCDEFG 7
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.951623
Am J Case Rep 2026; 27:e951623
Figure 1 Chest computed tomography findings showing COVID-19 pneumonia. (A) Axial CT slice showing bilateral peripheral ground-glass opacities. (B) Axial slice at the lung bases with evident ground-glass opacities and left basal consolidation, suggestive of inflammatory progression. (C) Coronal view demonstrating bilateral lower-lobe-predominant pulmonary involvement, characteristic of COVID-19 pneumonia. CT – computed tomography.