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Massive Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum—A Form of Presentation for Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia
For COVID-19 pneumonia, many manifestations such as fever, dyspnea, dry cough, anosmia and tiredness have been described, but differences have been observed from person to person according to age, pulmonary function, damage and severity. In clinical practice, it has been found that patients with sev...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9692548/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36363482 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina58111525 |
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author | Pescaru, Camelia Corina Marc, Monica Steluța Costin, Emanuela Oana Pescaru, Andrei Trusculescu, Ana-Adriana Maritescu, Adelina Suppini, Noemi Oancea, Cristian Iulian |
author_facet | Pescaru, Camelia Corina Marc, Monica Steluța Costin, Emanuela Oana Pescaru, Andrei Trusculescu, Ana-Adriana Maritescu, Adelina Suppini, Noemi Oancea, Cristian Iulian |
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description | For COVID-19 pneumonia, many manifestations such as fever, dyspnea, dry cough, anosmia and tiredness have been described, but differences have been observed from person to person according to age, pulmonary function, damage and severity. In clinical practice, it has been found that patients with severe forms of infection with COVID-19 develop serious complications, including pneumomediastinum. Although two years have passed since the beginning of the pandemic with the SARS-CoV-2 virus and progress has been made in understanding the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying the COVID-19 infection, there are also unknown factors that contribute to the evolution of the disease and can lead to the emergence some complications. In this case report, we present a patient with COVID-19 infection who developed a massive spontaneous pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema during hospitalization, with no pre-existing lung pathology and no history of smoking. The patient did not get mechanical ventilation or chest trauma, but the possible cause could be severe alveolar inflammation. The CT results highlighted pneumonia in context with SARS-CoV-2 infection affecting about 50% of the pulmonary area. During hospitalization, lung lesions evolved 80% pulmonary damage associated with pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema. After three months, the patient completely recovered and the pneumomediastinum fully recovered with the complete disappearance of the lesions. Pneumomediastinum is a severe and rare complication in COVID-19 pneumonia, especially in male patients, without risk factors, and an early diagnosis can increase the chances of survival. |
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spelling | pubmed-96925482022-11-26 Massive Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum—A Form of Presentation for Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia Pescaru, Camelia Corina Marc, Monica Steluța Costin, Emanuela Oana Pescaru, Andrei Trusculescu, Ana-Adriana Maritescu, Adelina Suppini, Noemi Oancea, Cristian Iulian Medicina (Kaunas) Case Report For COVID-19 pneumonia, many manifestations such as fever, dyspnea, dry cough, anosmia and tiredness have been described, but differences have been observed from person to person according to age, pulmonary function, damage and severity. In clinical practice, it has been found that patients with severe forms of infection with COVID-19 develop serious complications, including pneumomediastinum. Although two years have passed since the beginning of the pandemic with the SARS-CoV-2 virus and progress has been made in understanding the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying the COVID-19 infection, there are also unknown factors that contribute to the evolution of the disease and can lead to the emergence some complications. In this case report, we present a patient with COVID-19 infection who developed a massive spontaneous pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema during hospitalization, with no pre-existing lung pathology and no history of smoking. The patient did not get mechanical ventilation or chest trauma, but the possible cause could be severe alveolar inflammation. The CT results highlighted pneumonia in context with SARS-CoV-2 infection affecting about 50% of the pulmonary area. During hospitalization, lung lesions evolved 80% pulmonary damage associated with pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema. After three months, the patient completely recovered and the pneumomediastinum fully recovered with the complete disappearance of the lesions. Pneumomediastinum is a severe and rare complication in COVID-19 pneumonia, especially in male patients, without risk factors, and an early diagnosis can increase the chances of survival. MDPI 2022-10-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9692548/ /pubmed/36363482 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina58111525 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Pescaru, Camelia Corina Marc, Monica Steluța Costin, Emanuela Oana Pescaru, Andrei Trusculescu, Ana-Adriana Maritescu, Adelina Suppini, Noemi Oancea, Cristian Iulian Massive Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum—A Form of Presentation for Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia |
title | Massive Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum—A Form of Presentation for Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia |
title_full | Massive Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum—A Form of Presentation for Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia |
title_fullStr | Massive Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum—A Form of Presentation for Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia |
title_full_unstemmed | Massive Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum—A Form of Presentation for Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia |
title_short | Massive Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum—A Form of Presentation for Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia |
title_sort | massive spontaneous pneumomediastinum—a form of presentation for severe covid-19 pneumonia |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9692548/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36363482 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina58111525 |
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