Brody's abscess of the humerus is the cause of sepsis in a patient with coronavirus infection (COVID-19)

Purpose : To conduct a clinical and morphological analysis of the case of death as a result of sepsis, the cause of which was Brody's abscess. Material and methods . An analysis of the fatal outcome of a 54–year-old patient who occurred in a hospital of a medical organization where he received medical care for a disease – a new coronavirus infection. The complex of clinical, laboratory and instrumental diagnostic methods could not explain the progressive deterioration of the severity of the patient's condition and the onset of death. Results . During the autopsy, an abscess of the proximal epiphysis of the left humerus was found with the spread of the inflammatory process to the soft tissues of the breast, the parietal pleura with the development of purulent fibrinous pleurisy, left-sided pneumonia, purulent fibrinous pericarditis, hematogenous purulent meningitis. Conclusion . The authors of the article have established a causal cause of death from Brody's abscess, which makes it possible to expand the diagnostic search in the case of sepsis with an unclear primary focus.