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Editor, Senior Moderator
Clin Case Rep
. 2022 Feb 11;10(2):e05355.
doi: 10.1002/ccr3.5355. eCollection 2022 Feb.
Spontaneous pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum in patients with COVID-19: A case series from Iran
Zeynab Yassin[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Mohammad Ebrahimian[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Omid Motamedi[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Hale Afshar[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Oldooz Aloosh[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Shirin Sayyahfar[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Donya Maleki[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Mojtaba Ghorbi[SUP] 7 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Here, we report six cases of spontaneous pneumothorax and pneumomediastinitis in patients with COVID-19 in Iran, which were treated with different drugs such as hydroxychloroquine, sofosbuvir, atazanavir, and remdesivir as antiviral agents. Despite the differences in the type of drugs, pneumothorax occurred in all patients.
Keywords: COVID‐19; coronavirus; pneumomediastinum; pneumonia; spontaneous pneumothorax.
. 2022 Feb 11;10(2):e05355.
doi: 10.1002/ccr3.5355. eCollection 2022 Feb.
Spontaneous pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum in patients with COVID-19: A case series from Iran
Zeynab Yassin[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Mohammad Ebrahimian[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Omid Motamedi[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Hale Afshar[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Oldooz Aloosh[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Shirin Sayyahfar[SUP] 5 [/SUP], Donya Maleki[SUP] 6 [/SUP], Mojtaba Ghorbi[SUP] 7 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35169468
- PMCID: PMC8832382
- DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.5355
Abstract
Here, we report six cases of spontaneous pneumothorax and pneumomediastinitis in patients with COVID-19 in Iran, which were treated with different drugs such as hydroxychloroquine, sofosbuvir, atazanavir, and remdesivir as antiviral agents. Despite the differences in the type of drugs, pneumothorax occurred in all patients.
Keywords: COVID‐19; coronavirus; pneumomediastinum; pneumonia; spontaneous pneumothorax.