Progression to fibrosing diffuse alveolar damage in a series of 30 minimally invasive autopsies with COVID‐19 pneumonia in Wuhan, China

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus‐2 (SARS‐CoV‐2), infection has been deemed as a global pandemic by the World Health Organisation. While diffuse alveolar damage (DAD) is recognised to be the primary manifestation of COVID‐19 pneumonia, there has been little emphasis on the progression to the fibrosing phase of DAD. This topic is of great interest, due to growing concerns regarding the potential long‐term complications in prolonged survivors.

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