An uncommon presentation of COVID-19: concomitant acute pulmonary embolism, spontaneous tension pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema (a case report)
| Autor: | El Ouafi Noha, Zakariae Belarbi, Falmata Laouan Brem, Siham Nasri, Skiker Imane |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
ARDS Thymoma medicine.medical_treatment COVID-19 spontaneous tension pneumothorax pneumomediastinum subcutaneous emphysema case report medicine.disease_cause Medicine Pneumomediastinum Mechanical ventilation business.industry General Medicine respiratory system medicine.disease Surgery Pulmonary embolism respiratory tract diseases Pneumothorax medicine.symptom business Nasal cannula Subcutaneous emphysema |
| Zdroj: | Pan African Medical Journal; Vol. 39 No. 1 (2021) The Pan African Medical Journal |
| ISSN: | 1937-8688 |
| Popis: | The presenting symptoms and features of COVID-19 are non-specific and may be extrapulmonary complications such as thrombotic disorders but also pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema; which are well-known complications of mechanical ventilation. Nevertheless, pneumothorax and/or pneumomediastinum, could complicate the course of a COVID-19 disease even in the absence of barotrauma involved. Herein, we report the case of a 55-year-old man with a previous history of erythroblastopenia due to thymoma admitted for COVID-19-related acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) who simultaneously developed spontaneous tension pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, subcutaneous emphysema and acute bilateral pulmonary embolism as presenting features of COVID-19 while on high-flow nasal cannula. This rare case highlights the importance of screening for other coexisting alternative diagnoses at the initial presentation of a patient suspected of COVID-19. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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