Case Report: COVID-19 Pneumonia Following Left Pneumonectomy for Lung Cancer Complicated by Empyema and Bronchopleural Fistula

Alberto Testori; Veronica M. Giudici; Marco Alloisio; Ugo Cioffi

doi:10.3389/fsurg.2021.679757

Frontiers in Surgery (May 2021)

Case Report: COVID-19 Pneumonia Following Left Pneumonectomy for Lung Cancer Complicated by Empyema and Bronchopleural Fistula

Alberto Testori,
Veronica M. Giudici,
Marco Alloisio,
Ugo Cioffi

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Alberto Testori: Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy
Veronica M. Giudici: Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
Marco Alloisio: Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
Ugo Cioffi: Department of Surgery, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fsurg.2021.679757
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8

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Background: Venous and arterial thromboembolism is commonly reported in critically ill COVID-19 patients, although there are still no definitive statistical data regarding its incidence.Case presentation: we report a case of a patient who fell ill with Covid during hospitalization for a pneumonectomy complicated by empyema and bronchopleural fistula. The patient, despite being cured of COVID, died after 14 days for pulmonary thromboembolism.Conclusion: Our case strengthens the suggestion of adequate thromboprophylaxis in all hospitalized COVID patients and of increasing prophylaxis in critically ill patients even in the absence of randomized studies

Published in Frontiers in Surgery

ISSN: 2296-875X (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery
Website: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/surgery

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