Delayed recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax post-recovery from COVID-19 infection

Pneumothorax, as a consequence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection, has become an established entity but the delayed occurrence of pneumothorax, after recovery from the illness, is less commonly reported. We present a case of delayed recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax, presenting 4 week...

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Autores principales: Kasturi, Srikanth, Muthirevula, Arvind, Chinthareddy, Rohan Reddy, Lingaraju, Vijay Cholenahalli
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Singapore 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7851320/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33551586
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12055-021-01145-w
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Sumario:Pneumothorax, as a consequence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection, has become an established entity but the delayed occurrence of pneumothorax, after recovery from the illness, is less commonly reported. We present a case of delayed recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax, presenting 4 weeks after recovery from COVID-19 in a previously healthy middle-aged gentleman, for which uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) pleurectomy was performed, but the cause of pneumothorax could not be ascertained. This report brings to light, the importance of continued surveillance of COVID-19 survivors, the unpredictability of the disease process, and the challenges of thoracic surgery in this unique subset of patients.

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