SARS-CoV-2-Induced Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in a Young Adult: Case Report.

We describe a case of a previous healthy 20-year-old male athlete who presented with an atypical clinical profile with multiorgan involvement within five weeks after confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection, suggestive for multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS); MIS is a rare, potentially life-threatening complication associated with SARS-CoV-2. MIS shares similar clinical features compatible with several overlapping lifethreatening hyperinflammatory syndromes, such as incomplete Kawasaki Disease (KD) and toxic shock syndrome (TSS) associated to a cytokine storm suggestive of a macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) without fulfilling the criteria for hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), that may create a great challenge to distinguish between them. MIS should promptly be considered and treated, as uncontrolled MIS has a high mortality. In MIS cardiac involvement, heart failure may present as an additional problem, especially because volume loading is advised in accordance with proposed therapy. Carefully monitoring of the respiratory and cardiac status in response of resuscitation is therefore warranted.

Progressive Pulmonary Artery Dilatation is Associated with Type B Aortic Dissection in Patients with Marfan Syndrome.

OBJECTIVE: Marfan syndrome (MFS) is a connective tissue disorder associated with severe cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. It is unknown if aorta complications in MFS are associated with progressive pulmonary artery (PA) dilatation. METHODS: We measured the PA diameter on routine magnetic resonance imaging in a population of MFS patients seen in our specialised centre with follow up of diameters as well as the outcome. RESULTS: PA dilatation was defined as an increase in diameter of 2 mm or more, and 71 patients (44%) of our total cohort (n = 162) met this criterion; mean follow up between two scans was 8.6 years (standard deviation (SD) ± 2.7 years). Furthermore, 28 patients suffered from dissections, of which 14 had a type A dissection, 10 had a type B dissection, and 4 patients suffered from both. Of those who suffered from dissection, 64% (18 out of 28) had a dilatation of the PA, versus 39% (53 out of 134) in the patient group without a dissection (p < 0.05). There was a significant association between type B dissection and descending aorta diameter (OR 1.14; 95% CI 1.05-1.24 p < 0.01) and PA dilatation (OR 1.69; 95% CI 1.03-2.77 p = 0.04). In the multivariable analysis the final model for type B dissection, only systolic blood pressure (OR 1.06; 95% CI 1.01-1.11 p = 0.02) and PA dilatation were statistically significant (OR 1.85; 95% CI 1.10-3.12 p = 0.02) while descending aorta diameter was not. CONCLUSIONS: We report an association between progressive PA dilatation and type B dissection. Our findings encourage a renewed interest in PA dimensions in MFS.