Clin Case Rep
. 2022 Feb 11;10(2):e05355.
doi: 10.1002/ccr3.5355. eCollection 2022 Feb.
Spontaneous pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum in patients with COVID-19: A case series from Iran
Zeynab Yassin 1 , Mohammad Ebrahimian 2 , Omid Motamedi 3 , Hale Afshar 4 , Oldooz Aloosh 4 , Shirin Sayyahfar 5 , Donya Maleki 6 , Mojtaba Ghorbi 7
Affiliations
- PMID: 35169468
- PMCID: PMC8832382
- DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.5355
Abstract
Here, we report six cases of spontaneous pneumothorax and pneumomediastinitis in patients with COVID-19 in Iran, which were treated with different drugs such as hydroxychloroquine, sofosbuvir, atazanavir, and remdesivir as antiviral agents. Despite the differences in the type of drugs, pneumothorax occurred in all patients.
Keywords: COVID‐19; coronavirus; pneumomediastinum; pneumonia; spontaneous pneumothorax.