Spontaneous tension pneumothorax as a complication of Coronavirus disease 2019: Case report and literature review

Abstract

Abstract Primary spontaneous tension pneumothorax (STP) is a rare and life‐threatening condition. We report a case of COVID‐19‐pneumonia patient who developed STP as a complication. He had a prolonged hospital stay and was ultimately discharged asymptomatic. A systematic literature search was performed to review studies (N=12) reporting STP in the setting of COVID‐19.

Keywords

• coronavirus disease 2019
• COVID‐19
• SARS‐CoV‐2
• severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
• spontaneous pneumothorax
• tension pneumothorax