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Editor, Senior Moderator
Radiol Case Rep
. 2020 Dec;15(12):2577-2581.
doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2020.09.052. Epub 2020 Oct 3.
Spontaneous pneumomediastinum as a complication of a COVID-19 related pneumonia: case report and review of literature
Carlo Urigo[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Susanne Soin[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ajay Sahu[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
A novel coronavirus, SARS-COV-2, related infection is thought to have originated in Wuhan, China, in November 2019 but spread rapidly to be declared a global pandemic by the WHO in March 2020. The patients typically present with fever and shortness of breath. We describe a case of spontaneous pneumomediastinum at presentation as a complication of severe Covid-19 infection. A 54 year old male patient with no history of smoking, asthma or other underlying chronic lung disease, presented to our emergency department with severe Covid-19 symptoms. His chest x-ray and CT scan on arrival at the emergency department, and prior to any intervention, demonstrated severe bilateral Covid-19 pneumonia complicated by a pneumomediastinum. The aetiology of the pneumomediastinum is thought to be a direct complication of severe covid-19 pneumonia in absence of any previous respiratory history or iatrogenic cause.
Keywords: CT Covid Complications; Covid-19; Covid-19 pulmonary complication; Pneumomediastinum.
. 2020 Dec;15(12):2577-2581.
doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2020.09.052. Epub 2020 Oct 3.
Spontaneous pneumomediastinum as a complication of a COVID-19 related pneumonia: case report and review of literature
Carlo Urigo[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], Susanne Soin[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Ajay Sahu[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33042322
- PMCID: PMC7532795
- DOI: 10.1016/j.radcr.2020.09.052
Abstract
A novel coronavirus, SARS-COV-2, related infection is thought to have originated in Wuhan, China, in November 2019 but spread rapidly to be declared a global pandemic by the WHO in March 2020. The patients typically present with fever and shortness of breath. We describe a case of spontaneous pneumomediastinum at presentation as a complication of severe Covid-19 infection. A 54 year old male patient with no history of smoking, asthma or other underlying chronic lung disease, presented to our emergency department with severe Covid-19 symptoms. His chest x-ray and CT scan on arrival at the emergency department, and prior to any intervention, demonstrated severe bilateral Covid-19 pneumonia complicated by a pneumomediastinum. The aetiology of the pneumomediastinum is thought to be a direct complication of severe covid-19 pneumonia in absence of any previous respiratory history or iatrogenic cause.
Keywords: CT Covid Complications; Covid-19; Covid-19 pulmonary complication; Pneumomediastinum.