Mediastinal Emphysema, Giant Bulla, and Pneumothorax Developed during the Course of COVID-19 Pneumonia

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia is a recent outbreak in mainland China and has rapidly spread to multiple countries worldwide. Pulmonary parenchymal opacities are often observed during chest radiography. Currently, few cases have reported the complications of severe COVID-19 pneumo...

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Autores principales: Sun, Ruihong, Liu, Hongyuan, Wang, Xiang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Radiology 2020
Materias:
Thoracic Imaging
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7183834/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32207255
http://dx.doi.org/10.3348/kjr.2020.0180
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Sumario:The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia is a recent outbreak in mainland China and has rapidly spread to multiple countries worldwide. Pulmonary parenchymal opacities are often observed during chest radiography. Currently, few cases have reported the complications of severe COVID-19 pneumonia. We report a case where serial follow-up chest computed tomography revealed progression of pulmonary lesions into confluent bilateral consolidation with lower lung predominance, thereby confirming COVID-19 pneumonia. Furthermore, complications such as mediastinal emphysema, giant bulla, and pneumothorax were also observed during the course of the disease.

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