Key result
Severe COVID-19 pneumonia linked to pneumothorax as a rare complication in 3 cases.
Why the study?
Pneumothorax has been rarely reported as a complication of severe COVID-19 pneumonia, and early recognition and management are crucial to outcomes.
Case Report (n=3)
Pneumothorax is a rare but significant complication of severe COVID-19 pneumonia that requires early recognition and management.
Pneumothorax warrants vigilance in severe COVID-19; case reports leave open its incidence, predictors, and management.
COVID-19 is a recent outbreak in China and rapidly spread worldwide. Lung consolidation is the most common radiologic finding of COVID-19 pneumonia. Pneumothorax has been rarely reported as a complication of severe COVID-19 pneumonia. Early recognition and management are detrimental to the outcome. We here report three cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection complicated by pneumothorax. In addition, we present a brief literature review.
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Al-Shokri et al. (2020) conducted a case report in COVID-19 pneumonia (n=3). SARS-CoV-2 infection was evaluated on Pneumothorax. Three cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection complicated by pneumothorax were reported, highlighting it as a rare but significant complication of severe COVID-19 pneumonia.
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