id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-322386-fkmrzitm Duran, Emine Vital corner of diagnostic challenge: eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis or COVID-19 pneumonia? 2020-07-24 .txt text/plain 1597 109 46 Inevitably, COVID-19 ranks first in differential diagnosis of all patients with respiratory symptoms and signs in current pandemic days. EGPA was diagnosed depending on coexistence of asthma, eosinophilia in peripheral blood, MPO-ANCA positivity and paranasal CT abnormality (Table 1) . In current pandemic days, COVID-19 positions the first in differential diagnosis of all patients with respiratory symptoms and signs. 9 EGPA is a disease characterised by systemic necrotising vasculitis and eosinophilia that can occur in patients with asthma. In that case, the patient had eosinophilia, bilateral GGO in lung and skin lesion, but he had no asthma and ANCA tests results were negative. 13 To investigate other causes of GGO in patients who have atypical CT findings for COVID-19 pneumonia with negative RT-PCR test result is important. Correlation of chest CT and RT-PCR testing in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China: a report of 1014 cases ./cache/cord-322386-fkmrzitm.txt ./txt/cord-322386-fkmrzitm.txt