Spontaneous pneumothorax and subpleural bullae in a patient with COVID-19: a 92-day observation-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Spontaneous pneumothorax and subpleural bullae in a patient with COVID-19: a 92-day observation

Published:2020-09-21 Issue:4 Volume:58 Page:858-860
ISSN:1010-7940
Container-title:European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
language:en
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Author:

Fan Qianqian¹²^ORCID,Pan Feng¹²^ORCID,Yang Lian¹²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

2. Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, China

Abstract

Abstract This report describes a patient with COVID-19 who developed spontaneous pneumothorax and subpleural bullae during the course of the infection. Consecutive chest computed tomography images indicated that COVID-19-associated pneumonia had damaged the subpleural alveoli and distal bronchus. Coughing might have induced a sudden increase in intra-alveolar pressure, leading to the rupture of the subpleural alveoli and distal bronchus and resulting in spontaneous pneumothorax and subpleural bullae. At the 92-day follow-up, the pneumothorax and subpleural bullae had completely resolved, which indicated that these complications had self-limiting features.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine,General Medicine,Surgery

Link

http://academic.oup.com/ejcts/article-pdf/58/4/858/33886656/ezaa305.pdf

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