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Spontaneous pneumomediastinum: A collaborative sequelae between COVID‐19 and self‐inflicted lung injury ‐ A case report and literature review

Spontaneous pneumomediastinum is an infrequent complication of COVID-19. The mechanism is still unknown and thought to be related to patient self-inflicted lung injury. Our patient is a 49-year-old male who presented with shortness of breath and cough. A COVID-19 Polymerase Chain Reaction was positi...

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Autores principales: Al Armashi, Abdul Rahman, Somoza-Cano, Francisco J., Patell, Kanchi, Homeida, Mohamed, Desai, Omkar, Zubaidi, Anas Al, Altaqi, Basel, Ravakhah, Keyvan
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8489288/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34630794
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2021.08.076
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author Al Armashi, Abdul Rahman
Somoza-Cano, Francisco J.
Patell, Kanchi
Homeida, Mohamed
Desai, Omkar
Zubaidi, Anas Al
Altaqi, Basel
Ravakhah, Keyvan
author_facet Al Armashi, Abdul Rahman
Somoza-Cano, Francisco J.
Patell, Kanchi
Homeida, Mohamed
Desai, Omkar
Zubaidi, Anas Al
Altaqi, Basel
Ravakhah, Keyvan
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description Spontaneous pneumomediastinum is an infrequent complication of COVID-19. The mechanism is still unknown and thought to be related to patient self-inflicted lung injury. Our patient is a 49-year-old male who presented with shortness of breath and cough. A COVID-19 Polymerase Chain Reaction was positive. He required a high-flow nasal cannula, but he did not demand mechanical ventilation. Computed tomography angiography scan of the chest revealed pneumomediastinum. He was managed conservatively, and a complete recovery was achieved. This case highlights the emerging association of COVID-19, patient self-inflicted lung injury, and pneumomediastinum. Furthermore, spontaneous pneumomediastinum should be suspected even in patients who were not mechanically ventilated.
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spelling pubmed-84892882021-10-04 Spontaneous pneumomediastinum: A collaborative sequelae between COVID‐19 and self‐inflicted lung injury ‐ A case report and literature review Al Armashi, Abdul Rahman Somoza-Cano, Francisco J. Patell, Kanchi Homeida, Mohamed Desai, Omkar Zubaidi, Anas Al Altaqi, Basel Ravakhah, Keyvan Radiol Case Rep Case Report Spontaneous pneumomediastinum is an infrequent complication of COVID-19. The mechanism is still unknown and thought to be related to patient self-inflicted lung injury. Our patient is a 49-year-old male who presented with shortness of breath and cough. A COVID-19 Polymerase Chain Reaction was positive. He required a high-flow nasal cannula, but he did not demand mechanical ventilation. Computed tomography angiography scan of the chest revealed pneumomediastinum. He was managed conservatively, and a complete recovery was achieved. This case highlights the emerging association of COVID-19, patient self-inflicted lung injury, and pneumomediastinum. Furthermore, spontaneous pneumomediastinum should be suspected even in patients who were not mechanically ventilated. Elsevier 2021-10-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8489288/ /pubmed/34630794 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2021.08.076 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of University of Washington. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Al Armashi, Abdul Rahman
Somoza-Cano, Francisco J.
Patell, Kanchi
Homeida, Mohamed
Desai, Omkar
Zubaidi, Anas Al
Altaqi, Basel
Ravakhah, Keyvan
Spontaneous pneumomediastinum: A collaborative sequelae between COVID‐19 and self‐inflicted lung injury ‐ A case report and literature review
title Spontaneous pneumomediastinum: A collaborative sequelae between COVID‐19 and self‐inflicted lung injury ‐ A case report and literature review
title_full Spontaneous pneumomediastinum: A collaborative sequelae between COVID‐19 and self‐inflicted lung injury ‐ A case report and literature review
title_fullStr Spontaneous pneumomediastinum: A collaborative sequelae between COVID‐19 and self‐inflicted lung injury ‐ A case report and literature review
title_full_unstemmed Spontaneous pneumomediastinum: A collaborative sequelae between COVID‐19 and self‐inflicted lung injury ‐ A case report and literature review
title_short Spontaneous pneumomediastinum: A collaborative sequelae between COVID‐19 and self‐inflicted lung injury ‐ A case report and literature review
title_sort spontaneous pneumomediastinum: a collaborative sequelae between covid‐19 and self‐inflicted lung injury ‐ a case report and literature review
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8489288/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34630794
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2021.08.076
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