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Diagnostics (Basel)
. 2020 Jul 20;10(7):E498.
doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10070498.
COVID-19 Pneumonia: Three Thoracic Complications in the Same Patient
Andrea Borghesi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Carlo Aggiusti[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Davide Farina[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Roberto Maroldi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Maria Lorenza Muiesan[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
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Abstract
The most dreaded thoracic complications in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are acute pulmonary embolism and pulmonary fibrosis. Both the complications are associated with an increased risk of morbidity and mortality. While acute pulmonary embolism is not a rare finding in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia, the prevalence of pulmonary fibrosis remains unclear. Spontaneous pneumothorax is another possible complication in COVID-19 pneumonia, although its observation is rather uncommon. Herein, we present interesting computed tomography images of the first case of COVID-19 pneumonia that initially developed acute pulmonary embolism and subsequently showed progression toward pulmonary fibrosis and spontaneous pneumothorax.
Keywords: COVID-19; acute pulmonary embolism; computed tomography; pneumothorax; pulmonary fibrosis.
. 2020 Jul 20;10(7):E498.
doi: 10.3390/diagnostics10070498.
COVID-19 Pneumonia: Three Thoracic Complications in the Same Patient
Andrea Borghesi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Carlo Aggiusti[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Davide Farina[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Roberto Maroldi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Maria Lorenza Muiesan[SUP] 2 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32698424
- DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics10070498
Abstract
The most dreaded thoracic complications in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are acute pulmonary embolism and pulmonary fibrosis. Both the complications are associated with an increased risk of morbidity and mortality. While acute pulmonary embolism is not a rare finding in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia, the prevalence of pulmonary fibrosis remains unclear. Spontaneous pneumothorax is another possible complication in COVID-19 pneumonia, although its observation is rather uncommon. Herein, we present interesting computed tomography images of the first case of COVID-19 pneumonia that initially developed acute pulmonary embolism and subsequently showed progression toward pulmonary fibrosis and spontaneous pneumothorax.
Keywords: COVID-19; acute pulmonary embolism; computed tomography; pneumothorax; pulmonary fibrosis.