Reports (Mar 2022)

Spontaneous Post-COVID-19 Pneumothorax in a Patient with No Prior Respiratory Tract Pathology: A Case Report

  • Vladimir Grigorov,
  • Mladen Grigorov,
  • Evgeni Grigorov,
  • Hristina Nocheva

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/reports5010011
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
p. 11

Abstract

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Spontaneous pneumothorax in the setting of coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) has been first described as an unlikely complication, mainly occurring in critically ill patients or as a consequence of mechanical ventilation. We report a case with COVID-19 pneumonia followed by a spontaneous pneumothorax in a young non-smoker without any predisposing pathology.

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