Case Report: COVID-19–Related Pneumothorax—Case Series Highlighting a Significant Complication

COVID-19 is a recent outbreak in China and rapidly spread worldwide. Lung consolidation is the most common radiologic finding of COVID-19 pneumonia. Pneumothorax has been rarely reported as a complication of severe COVID-19 pneumonia. Early recognition and management are detrimental to the outcome....

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Autores principales: Al-Shokri, Shaikha D., Ahmed, Ashraf O. E., Saleh, Ahmed Osman, AbouKamar, Mohamed, Ahmed, Khalid, Mohamed, Mouhand F. H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7470563/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32662394
http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-0713
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Sumario:COVID-19 is a recent outbreak in China and rapidly spread worldwide. Lung consolidation is the most common radiologic finding of COVID-19 pneumonia. Pneumothorax has been rarely reported as a complication of severe COVID-19 pneumonia. Early recognition and management are detrimental to the outcome. We here report three cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection complicated by pneumothorax. In addition, we present a brief literature review.

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