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Editor, Senior Moderator
Cureus
. 2022 Dec 14;14(12):e32508.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.32508. eCollection 2022 Dec.
COVID-19 Pneumonia Complicated by Pneumomediastinum: A Case Report
João Cardoso[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ivo Castro[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Vasco Gaspar[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Cristina Esteves[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a pandemic that spread rapidly around the world, causing an enormous overload on the health systems of the different affected countries. Among the many different manifestations of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, an uncommon complication is the development of pneumomediastinum. In the clinical case presented, the patient was diagnosed with COVID-19 pneumonia and due to severe refractory hypoxemia, she was submitted to therapy with non-invasive ventilation (NIV). After initial stabilization and improvement, there was unexpected clinical deterioration and pneumomediastinum was diagnosed. The purpose of this report is to highlight the importance of considering pneumomediastinum as a complication of COVID-19 pneumonia in cases subjected to non-invasive ventilation.
Keywords: covid-19; emphysema subcutaneous; non-invasive mechanical ventilation; pneumomediastinum; pneumonia.
. 2022 Dec 14;14(12):e32508.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.32508. eCollection 2022 Dec.
COVID-19 Pneumonia Complicated by Pneumomediastinum: A Case Report
João Cardoso[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ivo Castro[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Vasco Gaspar[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Cristina Esteves[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 36654541
- PMCID: PMC9838244
- DOI: 10.7759/cureus.32508
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a pandemic that spread rapidly around the world, causing an enormous overload on the health systems of the different affected countries. Among the many different manifestations of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, an uncommon complication is the development of pneumomediastinum. In the clinical case presented, the patient was diagnosed with COVID-19 pneumonia and due to severe refractory hypoxemia, she was submitted to therapy with non-invasive ventilation (NIV). After initial stabilization and improvement, there was unexpected clinical deterioration and pneumomediastinum was diagnosed. The purpose of this report is to highlight the importance of considering pneumomediastinum as a complication of COVID-19 pneumonia in cases subjected to non-invasive ventilation.
Keywords: covid-19; emphysema subcutaneous; non-invasive mechanical ventilation; pneumomediastinum; pneumonia.