Cancer and Covid-19 in the Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology at the National Teaching Hospital Hubert Koutoukou Maga of Cotonou, about 4 Cases: A Review of the Literature

Abstract

Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID-19) manifests itself by a respiratory attack that can go from mild to severe forms. The factors favoring the severe forms are age, arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and cancer. We report 4 cases of COVID-19 on cancer, followed in the Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology of National Teaching Hospital Center Hubert Kougougou Maga (NTHC-HKM). Case 1: A hypertensive 65-year-old female patient with a severe form of COVID-19 on an FIGO (International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics) IVB endometrioid adenocarcinoma with pulmonary metastasis: unfavorable evolution under treatment with death. Case 2: A 56-year-old hypertensive patient with severe COVID-19 with pulmonary metastatic recurrence of SBRIII, HER2 positive invasive ductal carcinoma of the left breast: favorable evolution with cure of COVID-19, subsequent death related to active tumor. Case 3: A 37-year-old patient with a moderate form of COVID-19 with hepatocellular carcinoma complicating post alcoholic cirrhosis, CHILD C: favorable evolution with cure of COVID-19, patient lost to follow-up. Case 4: A 56-year-old patient, hypertensive, type II diabetic, presenting a severe form of COVID-19 on a field of ovarian serous adenocarcinoma of high grade FIGO IV A with pleuro-pulmonary metastasis: favorable evolution with cure of COVID-19, subsequent stroke, patient followed in How to cite this paper: Angèle, A.K., Anthelme, A.K., Morel, S.Y., Ghislain, M.M.S., Géoffroy, F.A.A., Delphin, M.K., Dénise, K.O.M.M., Cornelly, A., Elodie, T. and Marcel, Z.D. (2021) Cancer and Covid-19 in the Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology at the National Teaching Hospital Hubert Koutoukou Maga of Cotonou, about 4 Cases: A Review of the Literature. Open Journal of Internal Medicine, 11, 298-309. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojim.2021.114026 Received: November 16, 2021 Accepted: December 28, 2021 Published: December 31, 2021 Copyright © 2021 by author(s) and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY 4.0). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/