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Editor, Senior Moderator
Respir Med Case Rep
. 2020 Nov 26;101308.
doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101308. Online ahead of print.
Two cases of spontaneous pneumomediastinum with pneumothorax in patients with COVID-19 associated pneumonia
Monique Oye[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Aleem Ali[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Fadi Kandah[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Nisha Chowdhury[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious viral illness caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome virus coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This disease mainly affects the lungs manifesting as acute lung injury, pneumonia, and acute respiratory distress syndrome. We describe two patients who developed concomitant spontaneous pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum in the setting of SARS-CoV-2 leading to acute hypoxic respiratory failure. This report adds to the increasing number of cases describing pulmonary complications of COVID-19 infection. Further studies are needed to ascertain the prognostic significance of these pulmonary complications in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Keywords: Coronavirus; chest radiograph; pneumomediastinum; pneumonia; pneumothorax.
? 2020 The Author(s).
Conflict of interest statement
Declaration of Competing Interest The authors have no conflict of interests to disclose. Informed consent was obtained from the patients. We declare that this study has been read and approved by all authors and that all authors agree to the submission of the manuscript to the Journal. All named authors had an active contribution to the conception and design and/or analysis and interpretation of the data and/or the drafting of the paper and all had critically reviewed its content and have approved the final version submitted for publication. We declare that the study has not been published previously, that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. The research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or profit sectors.
. 2020 Nov 26;101308.
doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101308. Online ahead of print.
Two cases of spontaneous pneumomediastinum with pneumothorax in patients with COVID-19 associated pneumonia
Monique Oye[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Aleem Ali[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Fadi Kandah[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Nisha Chowdhury[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33262929
- PMCID: PMC7689307
- DOI: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101308
Abstract
Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious viral illness caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome virus coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This disease mainly affects the lungs manifesting as acute lung injury, pneumonia, and acute respiratory distress syndrome. We describe two patients who developed concomitant spontaneous pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum in the setting of SARS-CoV-2 leading to acute hypoxic respiratory failure. This report adds to the increasing number of cases describing pulmonary complications of COVID-19 infection. Further studies are needed to ascertain the prognostic significance of these pulmonary complications in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Keywords: Coronavirus; chest radiograph; pneumomediastinum; pneumonia; pneumothorax.
? 2020 The Author(s).
Conflict of interest statement
Declaration of Competing Interest The authors have no conflict of interests to disclose. Informed consent was obtained from the patients. We declare that this study has been read and approved by all authors and that all authors agree to the submission of the manuscript to the Journal. All named authors had an active contribution to the conception and design and/or analysis and interpretation of the data and/or the drafting of the paper and all had critically reviewed its content and have approved the final version submitted for publication. We declare that the study has not been published previously, that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere. The research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or profit sectors.