Covid-19 Infection in a Teenage Patient with Nasopharyngeal Cancer
A Case Report in Rural Area
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- 10.2991/ahsr.k.220206.016How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Covid-19; NPC; Children; RT-PCR; Rural Areas
- Abstract
Covid-19 with nasopharyngeal cancer (NPC) comorbidities are rare in children. Post-chemoradiation cancer patients are one of the vulnerable groups to have Covid-19 infection. The Covid-19 infection could occur in an urban and rural area. More challenging issues occur in managing Covid-19 patients, furthermore, if there were several comorbidities. In this report, presented a case of post-chemoradiation 14-year-old children with nasopharyngeal cancer and pneumonia Covid-19 confirmed. The patient also documented several comorbidities such as anaemia, hypoalbuminemia, and liver metastasis. The case was found in Lombok, one of the rural areas in Indonesia. The comprehensive treatment was given and finally the patient cure from Covid-19 infection. The patient underwent a conversion within 14 days based on the RT-PCR examination. As a conclusion, Covid-19 could infect children especially those who have an immunity impairment such as post-chemoradiation on NPC patients. Covid-19 with several comorbidities could be managed well either there were several obstacles in rural areas.
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TY - CONF AU - Hamsu Kadriyan AU - Yudhi Kurniawan AU - Sang Ayu Kompiyang Indriyani AU - Nova L. Audrey Pieter AU - Masyita Gaffar AU - Abdul Qadar Punagi PY - 2022 DA - 2022/02/21 TI - Covid-19 Infection in a Teenage Patient with Nasopharyngeal Cancer BT - Proceedings of the 2nd Global Health and Innovation in conjunction with 6th ORL Head and Neck Oncology Conference (ORLHN 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 78 EP - 83 SN - 2468-5739 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.220206.016 DO - 10.2991/ahsr.k.220206.016 ID - Kadriyan2022 ER -