Mohammadi Afshin, Boroofeh Behdad, Mohebbi Alisa, Mirza-Aghazadeh-Attari Mohammad
Department of Radiology, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.
Department of Internal Medicine, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.
J Cardiovasc Thorac Res. 2021;13(3):258-262. doi: 10.34172/jcvtr.2021.16. Epub 2021 Feb 7.
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.
2019冠状病毒病表现出多种临床体征和症状。其中之一是自发性气胸,在某些情况下会导致患者病情迅速恶化。此外,气胸可能继发于插管及由此产生的并发症。关于新型冠状病毒肺炎相关气胸病例及这些患者的恰当管理,讨论得还不够充分。本文报告了1例继发于新型冠状病毒肺炎的老年自发性气胸患者,并对现有文献进行了综述。