Pneumomediastinum and spontaneous pneumothorax as an extrapulmonary complication of COVID-19 disease

The new disease outbreak that causes atypical pneumonia named COVID-19, which started in China’s Wuhan province, has quickly spread to a pandemic. Although the imaging test of choice for the initial study is plain chest radiograph, CT has proven useful in characterizing better the complications asso...

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Autores principales: López Vega, Jesse Mauricio, Parra Gordo, María Luz, Diez Tascón, Aurea, Ossaba Vélez, Silvia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7286744/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32524296
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10140-020-01806-0
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Sumario:The new disease outbreak that causes atypical pneumonia named COVID-19, which started in China’s Wuhan province, has quickly spread to a pandemic. Although the imaging test of choice for the initial study is plain chest radiograph, CT has proven useful in characterizing better the complications associated with this new infection. We describe the evolution of 3 patients presenting pneumomediastinum and spontaneous pneumothorax as a very rare complication of COVID-19 and their particular interest as a probable prognostic factor.

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