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Editor, Senior Moderator
Intern Med
. 2020 Oct 7.
doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.5731-20. Online ahead of print.
Pneumothorax in a COVID-19 Pneumonia Patient Without Underlying Risk Factors
Takafumi Yamaya[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Tomohisa Baba[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Eri Hagiwara[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Satoshi Ikeda[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Takashi Niwa[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Takaaki Kitayama[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Kota Murohashi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Katsuyuki Higa[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Yozo Sato[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Takashi Ogura[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been recognized as a worldwide pandemic. However, the clinical course of COVID-19 remains poorly characterized. Although some cases of pneumothorax have been reported, they all had pulmonary complications or were managed with mechanical ventilation. We herein report a case of pneumothorax that developed even though the patient had no pulmonary underlying diseases and had never been managed with mechanical ventilation. In the present case, a lung bulla was found on chest computed tomography during treatment for COVID-19. We concluded that COVID-19 affected the formation of the lung bulla and induced the complication of pneumothorax.
Keywords: COVID-19 pneumonia; bulla; corticosteroids; organizing pneumonia; pneumothorax; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.
. 2020 Oct 7.
doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.5731-20. Online ahead of print.
Pneumothorax in a COVID-19 Pneumonia Patient Without Underlying Risk Factors
Takafumi Yamaya[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Tomohisa Baba[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Eri Hagiwara[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Satoshi Ikeda[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Takashi Niwa[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Takaaki Kitayama[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Kota Murohashi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Katsuyuki Higa[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Yozo Sato[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Takashi Ogura[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33028774
- DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.5731-20
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been recognized as a worldwide pandemic. However, the clinical course of COVID-19 remains poorly characterized. Although some cases of pneumothorax have been reported, they all had pulmonary complications or were managed with mechanical ventilation. We herein report a case of pneumothorax that developed even though the patient had no pulmonary underlying diseases and had never been managed with mechanical ventilation. In the present case, a lung bulla was found on chest computed tomography during treatment for COVID-19. We concluded that COVID-19 affected the formation of the lung bulla and induced the complication of pneumothorax.
Keywords: COVID-19 pneumonia; bulla; corticosteroids; organizing pneumonia; pneumothorax; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.