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13 March 2022: Articles

Differential Diagnostic Challenges in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Renal Abscess After SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Young Adolescent

Challenging differential diagnosis, Diagnostic / therapeutic accidents, Rare coexistence of disease or pathology

Ágnes Rita Martonosi B* , Piroska Pázmány D , Ádám Fukász E , Judit Rudolf D , Éva Kovács B , Zsolt Szakács D , László Szabó A

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.935190

Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e935190

Table 1. Laboratory parameters.

Laboratory parametersReference valuesOn admission (day 1)Day 4At discharge (day 11)At follow-ups
01.22 (day 43)02.01. (day 53)
CRP (mg/L)141.74129.3171.471.420.67
ESR (Westergren) (mm/h)97115107
WBC (G/L)4.5–15.012.1411.646.798.198.76
Absolute neutrophil count (g/L)1.8–88.57.73.94.65.1
Absolute lymphocyte count (g/L)1.2–6.02.62.92.22.62.8
RBC (T/L)3.8–5.83.613.423.134.284.41
Hemoglobin (g/L)119–1471079486122126
Hematocrit (L/L)0.330–0.4500.3100.2940.2750.3650.368
Platelet count (g/L)150–550420536438329295
Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dL)2.8–217.842.04.7612.888.12
Creatinine (µmol/L)25–906262667972
Uric acid (µmol/L)124–448232
Bilirubin (µmol/L)1.0–17.07.4
AST/GOT (U/L)1–402217221615
ALT/GPT (U/L)1–402725131110
GGT (U/L)1–6087113674229
LDH (U/L)150–700289346
Ferritin (µg/L)15.0–150.0333.6
Natrium (mmol/L)130–145137138
Potassium (mmol/L)3.2–5.44.14.4
Chloride (mmol/L)96–111100109
CK (U/l)40–15042
Albumin (g/L)35.0–50.040.835.647.7
Serum total protein concentration (g/dL60.0–80.080.172.675.2
IgG (g/L)7.0–15.017.0
IgA (g/L)0.90–3.252.80
IgM (g/L)0.50–1.802.60
D-dimer (ng/mL)408
Fibrinogen (g/L)2.00–4.007.39
INR1.5781.6301.160
PI (s)11.9017.6018.4013.20
APTI (s)31.638.538.734.3
SARS-CoV-2 antibody (IgA, IgM, IgG)COI74.91
Schwartz GFR (ml/min/1.73 m)>6075
CRP – C-reactive protein; ESR – erythrocyte sedimentation rate; WBC – white blood cell count; RBC – red blood cell count; AST/GOT – aspartate aminotransferase/glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase; ALT/GPT – alanine aminotransferase/glutamic-pyruvic transaminase; GGT – γ-glutamyl transferase; LDH – lactate dehydrogenase; CK – creatine kinase; INR – international normalized ratio; PI – prothrombin time; APTI – activated partial thromboplastin time, GFR – glomerular filtration rate. Cut-off values were determined by the Department for Laboratory Medicine of Heim Pál National Pediatric Institute, Budapest, Hungary.

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American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923
American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923