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cord-261383-izd1vn6f	Oleynick, Christopher	Symptoms of Pleurisy as the Initial Presentation of COVID-19	2020-07-24		.txt	text/plain	2028	96	50	Patient: Male, 48-year-old Final Diagnosis: Viral pleurisy Symptoms: Pleuritic chest pain Medication: — Clinical Procedure: — Specialty: General and Internal Medicine OBJECTIVE: Unusual clinical course BACKGROUND: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, the virus responsible for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), has infected more than 8 million people worldwide and placed massive strains on healthcare systems around the world. CASE REPORT: A 48-year-old man with hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus presented to the Emergency Department with acute-onset pleuritic chest pain that had developed 1 day earlier and was found to be hypoxemic, requiring supplemental oxygen. CONCLUSIONS: I report a patient who experienced pleuritic chest pain from viral pleurisy that was the initial manifestation of COVID-19 which, to the best of my knowledge, has not yet been reported in the literature. I report a patient who experienced pleuritic chest pain as the initial manifestation of infection with COVID-19, who subsequently developed more typical features, including cough, fever, shortness of breath, and hypoxia.	./cache/cord-261383-izd1vn6f.txt	./txt/cord-261383-izd1vn6f.txt