Khiatah Bashar, Frugoli Amanda, Akl Ralph, Wagner Allan, Utz Brian, Bernstein Robert
Internal Medicine, Overlake Medical Center, Bellevue, USA.
Graduate Medical Education, Internal Medicine, Community Memorial Hospital, Ventura, USA.
Cureus. 2024 Jan 10;16(1):e52008. doi: 10.7759/cureus.52008. eCollection 2024 Jan.
Worldwide medical and scientific communities are focusing on further understanding coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) complications and its long-term impact on survivors. Pneumatocele cases are being reported more as a consequence of this virus and a cause of pneumothorax in certain patients. In this case vignette, we present a previously healthy male with COVID-19 symptoms who required hospitalization for hypoxia and who required readmission for bilateral pneumothorax from the delayed rupture of pneumatoceles. We describe this rare pathology and provide hypotheses for possible etiologies.
全球医学和科学界都在专注于进一步了解2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19）的并发症及其对幸存者的长期影响。由于这种病毒，肺气囊病例的报告越来越多，并且在某些患者中是气胸的一个原因。在本病例报告中，我们介绍了一名先前健康、出现COVID-19症状的男性，他因缺氧需要住院治疗，后又因肺气囊延迟破裂导致双侧气胸而再次入院。我们描述了这种罕见的病理情况，并为可能的病因提供了假设。
