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

Abstract

COVID-19 pneumonia patients who develop DAD can progress to the fibrosing pattern. While we observed fibrosing DAD in fatal cases, whether or not surviving patients are at risk for developing pulmonary fibrosis and the frequency of this complication will require further clinical and radiological follow-up studies.