Salah Omer, Faisal Mohannad, Alshahwani Israa, Elhiday Abdelhaleem
Internal Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QAT.
Epidemiology and Public Health, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, QAT.
Cureus. 2020 Sep 8;12(9):e10314. doi: 10.7759/cureus.10314.
A 50-year-old previously healthy male presented with fever and cough for seven days, positive for COVID-19, and was admitted to Hazm Meberik General Hospital and treated as a case of severe COVID-19 pneumonia. After improvement, he was transferred to a quarantine facility, and he later developed bilateral hemopneumothorax requiring bilateral chest tubes. High-resolution CT showed bilateral emphysematous bullous disease. Tuberculosis workup was negative, and alpha 1 anti-trypsin levels were normal. Repeated Chest X-ray showed improvement and chest tubes were removed. The patient was discharged with follow-up with the thoracic surgery clinic.
一名50岁既往健康男性,出现发热和咳嗽7天,新冠病毒检测呈阳性,被收治于哈兹姆·梅贝里克综合医院,作为重症新冠病毒肺炎病例进行治疗。病情好转后,他被转至隔离设施,后来出现双侧血气胸,需要双侧放置胸管。高分辨率CT显示双侧肺气肿大疱性疾病。结核相关检查结果为阴性,α1抗胰蛋白酶水平正常。多次胸部X线检查显示病情改善,胸管被拔除。患者出院,并在胸外科门诊进行随访。