COVID-19 Associated Spontaneous Pneumothorax and Pneumopericardium: A Case Report

Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) has been one of the largest and most devastating global pandemics of our time. There have been several complications of this disease that have also proven to be debilitating and deadly. While primarily affecting the respiratory system, some cases presented with unco...

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Autores principales: Bistre, Jacques, Douedi, Steven, Alshami, Abbas, Ndove, Jeffrey, Varon, Joseph
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8178127/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34113499
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14861
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Douedi, Steven
Alshami, Abbas
Ndove, Jeffrey
Varon, Joseph
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description Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) has been one of the largest and most devastating global pandemics of our time. There have been several complications of this disease that have also proven to be debilitating and deadly. While primarily affecting the respiratory system, some cases presented with uncommon complications such as pneumopericardium and spontaneous pneumothorax. We present a case of an elderly female diagnosed with COVID-19 found to have both spontaneous pneumothorax and pneumopericardium. She had a complicated hospital course and ultimately succumbed to her illness. While the pathogenesis of these conditions is not yet fully understood, further studies are needed to help clinicians develop treatment and prevention strategies to improve patient outcomes.
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spelling pubmed-81781272021-06-09 COVID-19 Associated Spontaneous Pneumothorax and Pneumopericardium: A Case Report Bistre, Jacques Douedi, Steven Alshami, Abbas Ndove, Jeffrey Varon, Joseph Cureus Cardiology Novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) has been one of the largest and most devastating global pandemics of our time. There have been several complications of this disease that have also proven to be debilitating and deadly. While primarily affecting the respiratory system, some cases presented with uncommon complications such as pneumopericardium and spontaneous pneumothorax. We present a case of an elderly female diagnosed with COVID-19 found to have both spontaneous pneumothorax and pneumopericardium. She had a complicated hospital course and ultimately succumbed to her illness. While the pathogenesis of these conditions is not yet fully understood, further studies are needed to help clinicians develop treatment and prevention strategies to improve patient outcomes. Cureus 2021-05-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8178127/ /pubmed/34113499 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14861 Text en Copyright © 2021, Bistre et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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COVID-19 Associated Spontaneous Pneumothorax and Pneumopericardium: A Case Report
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title_short COVID-19 Associated Spontaneous Pneumothorax and Pneumopericardium: A Case Report
title_sort covid-19 associated spontaneous pneumothorax and pneumopericardium: a case report
topic Cardiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8178127/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.14861
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