Sub-Intensive Care Unit and Respiratory Physiopathology Department, Cotugno-Monaldi Hospital, 80121 Naples, Italy.
Medicina (Kaunas). 2021 Oct 18;57(10):1122. doi: 10.3390/medicina57101122.
Infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) which was revealed an official pandemic by the World Health Organization on 11 March 2020. The current pandemic, the third of this decade, is the worst in terms of suffering and deaths related. COVID-19 represents an unprecedented challenge for medical communities and patients around the world. High-resolution computed tomography of the chest (HRCT) is a fundamental tool in both management and diagnosis of the disease. Imaging plays an essential role in the diagnosis of all the manifestations of the disease and its complications and the correct use and interpretation of imaging tests are essential. Pneumomediastinum has been reported rarely in COVID-19 patients. We were one of the first groups to share our experiences in uncommon parenchymal complications of COVID-19 with spontaneous pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum, but also with new-onset bronchiectasis and cysts. A finding of pneumopericardium is also unusual. We hereby report a rare case of spontaneous pneumopericardium in a patient with COVID-19 pneumonia treated only with a high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC).
严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒 2 感染导致 2019 年冠状病毒病(COVID-19),世界卫生组织于 2020 年 3 月 11 日宣布 COVID-19 为官方大流行。目前的大流行是本世纪第三次大流行,就相关疾病和死亡人数而言是最严重的一次。COVID-19 对世界各地的医疗界和患者来说是前所未有的挑战。胸部高分辨率计算机断层扫描(HRCT)是疾病管理和诊断的基本工具。影像学在疾病的所有表现及其并发症的诊断中起着至关重要的作用,正确使用和解释影像学检查至关重要。在 COVID-19 患者中,纵隔气肿的报道很少。我们是最早分享 COVID-19 不常见实质并发症(自发性气胸和纵隔气肿)经验的小组之一,但也有新出现的支气管扩张症和囊肿。心包积气的发现也不常见。在此,我们报告了一例 COVID-19 肺炎患者仅接受高流量鼻导管(HFNC)治疗后发生自发性心包积气的罕见病例。