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Expanding Spontaneous Pneumothorax in Covid-19 Pneumonia: Case Report and Review of Literature Publisher



Mohammadi A1 ; Boroofeh B2 ; Mohebbi A3 ; Mirzaaghazadehattari M4
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  1. 1. Department of Radiology, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Internal Medicine, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran
  3. 3. Students' Scientific Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. Medical Radiation Sciences Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

Source: Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Research Published:2021


Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 has presented itself with a variety of clinical signs and symptoms. One of these has been the accordance of spontaneous pneumothorax which in instances has caused rapid deterioration of patients. Furthermore pneumothorax may happen secondary to intubation and the resulting complications. Not enough is discussed regarding cases with COVID-19 related pneumothorax and proper management of these patients. The present article reports an elderly patient with spontaneous pneumothorax secondary to COVID-19 and reviews the existing literature. © 2021 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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