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Secondary Spontaneous Pneumothorax in a COVID-19 Recovered Patient
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease primarily affecting the lungs with a spectrum of post-viral complications. There are well-described examples of pneumonia, empyema, pneumomediastinum, and spontaneous pneumothorax cases following COVID-19 infection within the literature. H...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8364669/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34401214 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16415 |
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author | Sahagun, Joseph Chopra, Amit David, Alan G Dao, David Chittivelu, Subramanyam |
author_facet | Sahagun, Joseph Chopra, Amit David, Alan G Dao, David Chittivelu, Subramanyam |
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description | Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease primarily affecting the lungs with a spectrum of post-viral complications. There are well-described examples of pneumonia, empyema, pneumomediastinum, and spontaneous pneumothorax cases following COVID-19 infection within the literature. However, there is insufficient evidence implicating the cause of spontaneous pneumothorax in COVID-19 recovered patients. We present a previously infected COVID-19 patient who developed a secondary spontaneous pneumothorax two weeks after recovering. A review of the literature for similar cases was limited and therefore includes a summary of recommendations. Overall, the literature establishes that pneumothorax can occur during different phases of COVID-19 in patients without a history of pulmonary disease or barotrauma and is not necessarily associated with the severity of the viral infection. As in the case of our patient, the culmination of chronic inflammatory changes and an acute exacerbation from COVID-19 further predisposed him to a secondary spontaneous pneumothorax. In summary, all cases of recovered COVID-19 patients should maintain close follow-up with their physician and seek medical attention if acute respiratory symptoms develop. |
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spelling | pubmed-83646692021-08-15 Secondary Spontaneous Pneumothorax in a COVID-19 Recovered Patient Sahagun, Joseph Chopra, Amit David, Alan G Dao, David Chittivelu, Subramanyam Cureus Infectious Disease Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease primarily affecting the lungs with a spectrum of post-viral complications. There are well-described examples of pneumonia, empyema, pneumomediastinum, and spontaneous pneumothorax cases following COVID-19 infection within the literature. However, there is insufficient evidence implicating the cause of spontaneous pneumothorax in COVID-19 recovered patients. We present a previously infected COVID-19 patient who developed a secondary spontaneous pneumothorax two weeks after recovering. A review of the literature for similar cases was limited and therefore includes a summary of recommendations. Overall, the literature establishes that pneumothorax can occur during different phases of COVID-19 in patients without a history of pulmonary disease or barotrauma and is not necessarily associated with the severity of the viral infection. As in the case of our patient, the culmination of chronic inflammatory changes and an acute exacerbation from COVID-19 further predisposed him to a secondary spontaneous pneumothorax. In summary, all cases of recovered COVID-19 patients should maintain close follow-up with their physician and seek medical attention if acute respiratory symptoms develop. Cureus 2021-07-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8364669/ /pubmed/34401214 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16415 Text en Copyright © 2021, Sahagun 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. |
spellingShingle | Infectious Disease Sahagun, Joseph Chopra, Amit David, Alan G Dao, David Chittivelu, Subramanyam Secondary Spontaneous Pneumothorax in a COVID-19 Recovered Patient |
title | Secondary Spontaneous Pneumothorax in a COVID-19 Recovered Patient |
title_full | Secondary Spontaneous Pneumothorax in a COVID-19 Recovered Patient |
title_fullStr | Secondary Spontaneous Pneumothorax in a COVID-19 Recovered Patient |
title_full_unstemmed | Secondary Spontaneous Pneumothorax in a COVID-19 Recovered Patient |
title_short | Secondary Spontaneous Pneumothorax in a COVID-19 Recovered Patient |
title_sort | secondary spontaneous pneumothorax in a covid-19 recovered patient |
topic | Infectious Disease |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8364669/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34401214 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16415 |
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