The variability in the size of circulating erythrocytes increases as the COPD severity progresses. Therefore, a simple and noninvasive test, such as RDW, might be used as a biomarker in the evaluation of the severity of COPD. At the same time, there seems to be a correlation between the survival of COPD patients and RDW.

NLR was correlated with important prognostic markers in PAH such as NYHA FC, BNP and TAPSE. This simple marker may be useful in the assessment of disease severity in patients with PAH.

Following the announcement of the first coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) case on 11 March 2020 in Turkey, we aimed to report the coinfection rates, and the clinical, laboratory, radiological distinctive features of viral pneumonia caused by viruses other than severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). A cross-sectional study was conducted between 18 and 31 March 2020. COVID-19 suspected cases admitted to pandemic policlinic, who had nasopharyngeal swab specimens tested for both SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory viral pathogens, were included. Among 112 patients, SARS-CoV-2 was detected in 34 patients (30%). Among the non-SARS-CoV-2 viruses (n = 25, 22%), metapneumovirus (n = 10) was the most frequent agent. There were two coinfections with SARS-CoV-2. Sputum was less in the SARS-CoV-2 group (P = .003). The leukocyte, lymphocyte, and thrombocyte count and C-reactive protein levels were the lowest in the SARS-CoV-2 group (P < .001, P = .04, P < .001, P = .007, respectively). Peripheral involvement (80% vs 20%; P ≤ .001), pure ground-glass opacity (65% vs 33%; P = .04), apicobasal gradient (60% vs 40%; P = .08), involvement of greater than or equal to three lobes (80% vs 40%; odds ratio: 6.0; 95% confidence interval: 1.33-27.05; P = .02), and consolidation with accompanying ground-glass opacity (4% vs 33%; P = .031) were more common in SARS-CoV-2 group. Some clinical, laboratory, and radiological findings may help in the differential diagnosis of non-SARS-CoV-2 viruses from COVID-19. However, coinfections may occur, and a non-SARS-CoV-2 pathogen positivity does not exclude accompanying COVID-19.

IntroductionMalignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a malignant of mesodermal neoplasm and arises from multipotential mesothelial or subserosal cells of the pleura, pericardium and peritoneum.CaseA seventy five year-old male patient was admitted with chest and lower limb pain. He was a heavy smoker and exposed to environmental asbestos in his childhood. PET-CT scans showed multiple pathological FDG uptakes in lungs and other organs. Biopsies performed from lung and anterior thigh muscles were reported as epitheloid type malignant pleural mesothelioma.DiscussionWe emphasize that unexpected distant metastases can be observed in MPM and occasionally primary diagnosis can be determined by the biopsy of the metastatic regions. This case also points out the role of PET-CT in the staging of malign mesothelioma by determining different metastatic sites.

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