Surgical Resections of Superinfected Pneumatoceles in a COVID-19 Patient

Emerging studies on radiologic findings in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) report a high incidence of bilateral lung involvement, with ground-glass opacities imaging being the most common pattern on computed tomography. Cystic lesions, such as pneumatoceles, are rare, although they...

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Autores principales: Castiglioni, Massimo, Pelosi, Giuseppe, Meroni, Alberto, Tagliabue, Marta, Uslenghi, Elisabetta, Salaris, Davide, Incarbone, Matteo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Published by Elsevier 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7320852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32603707
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.06.008
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Sumario:Emerging studies on radiologic findings in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) report a high incidence of bilateral lung involvement, with ground-glass opacities imaging being the most common pattern on computed tomography. Cystic lesions, such as pneumatoceles, are rare, although they may occur in 10% of cases. Cyst formation may be explained by a focal pulmonary trauma caused by mechanical ventilation or infection-related damage to the alveolar walls leading to pneumatoceles. The superinfection of pneumatoceles is a potential life-threatening condition for which no standardized therapeutic algorithm has been accepted. We report a case of a COVID-19 patient successfully treated by lung resections for infected pneumatoceles.

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