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Post-COVID-19 pulmonary cavitation and tension pneumothorax in a non-ventilated patient
Cavitation and pneumothorax are independently associated with high morbidity and mortality in coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). While spontaneous (non-traumatic) pneumothorax formation has commonly been observed among mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients, there are few rare reports of COVID-...
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2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9067220/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35516715 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1455_21 |
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author | Vardhan, Bhagya Biswas, Payel Chatterjee, Subhankar Mishra, Sudhanshu Baskey, Surendra Ojha, Umesh K. |
author_facet | Vardhan, Bhagya Biswas, Payel Chatterjee, Subhankar Mishra, Sudhanshu Baskey, Surendra Ojha, Umesh K. |
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description | Cavitation and pneumothorax are independently associated with high morbidity and mortality in coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). While spontaneous (non-traumatic) pneumothorax formation has commonly been observed among mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients, there are few rare reports of COVID-19 associated pneumothorax without any history of barotrauma and other conventional risk factors. Here, we report a unique case of post-COVID-19 cavitation and tension pneumothorax which was further complicated by hydropneumothorax formation in a young patient who suffered severe COVID-19 pneumonia 4 weeks back. As the patient was devoid of any conventional risk factors, we believe that persistent inflammatory alveolar damage even after clinical recovery from COVID-19 played a key role in pulmonary cavitation followed by pneumothorax formation. With prompt clinical and radiological recognition of these fatal, yet treatable complications of COVID-19 pneumonia, the patient was saved and had an uneventful recovery. |
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spelling | pubmed-90672202022-05-04 Post-COVID-19 pulmonary cavitation and tension pneumothorax in a non-ventilated patient Vardhan, Bhagya Biswas, Payel Chatterjee, Subhankar Mishra, Sudhanshu Baskey, Surendra Ojha, Umesh K. J Family Med Prim Care Case Report Cavitation and pneumothorax are independently associated with high morbidity and mortality in coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19). While spontaneous (non-traumatic) pneumothorax formation has commonly been observed among mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients, there are few rare reports of COVID-19 associated pneumothorax without any history of barotrauma and other conventional risk factors. Here, we report a unique case of post-COVID-19 cavitation and tension pneumothorax which was further complicated by hydropneumothorax formation in a young patient who suffered severe COVID-19 pneumonia 4 weeks back. As the patient was devoid of any conventional risk factors, we believe that persistent inflammatory alveolar damage even after clinical recovery from COVID-19 played a key role in pulmonary cavitation followed by pneumothorax formation. With prompt clinical and radiological recognition of these fatal, yet treatable complications of COVID-19 pneumonia, the patient was saved and had an uneventful recovery. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022-04 2022-03-18 /pmc/articles/PMC9067220/ /pubmed/35516715 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1455_21 Text en Copyright: © 2022 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Vardhan, Bhagya Biswas, Payel Chatterjee, Subhankar Mishra, Sudhanshu Baskey, Surendra Ojha, Umesh K. Post-COVID-19 pulmonary cavitation and tension pneumothorax in a non-ventilated patient |
title | Post-COVID-19 pulmonary cavitation and tension pneumothorax in a non-ventilated patient |
title_full | Post-COVID-19 pulmonary cavitation and tension pneumothorax in a non-ventilated patient |
title_fullStr | Post-COVID-19 pulmonary cavitation and tension pneumothorax in a non-ventilated patient |
title_full_unstemmed | Post-COVID-19 pulmonary cavitation and tension pneumothorax in a non-ventilated patient |
title_short | Post-COVID-19 pulmonary cavitation and tension pneumothorax in a non-ventilated patient |
title_sort | post-covid-19 pulmonary cavitation and tension pneumothorax in a non-ventilated patient |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9067220/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35516715 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1455_21 |
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