A case of massive saddle pulmonary embolism and benign tracheal stenosis in a patient with COVID-19 infection

Ralph Nehme; Mohamad Fleifel; Melissa Abou Khalil; Ali Al Dailaty

doi:10.1002/rcr2.861

A case of massive saddle pulmonary embolism and benign tracheal stenosis in a patient with COVID-19 infection

Respirol Case Rep. 2021 Oct 4;9(11):e0861. doi: 10.1002/rcr2.861. eCollection 2021 Nov.

Authors

Ralph Nehme¹, Mohamad Fleifel¹, Melissa Abou Khalil¹, Ali Al Dailaty¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care LAUMC Beirut Lebanon.

Abstract

Since December 2019, the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak that started in Wuhan, China, has become a global pandemic affecting millions of people around the globe. These patients are prone to a number of complications either related to their disease or to the different treatment modalities. Pulmonary embolism (PE) and benign post-intubation tracheal stenosis (BTS) are among these complications. In this study, we report the case of a patient with a recent COVID-19 infection that got complicated by a massive PE as well as a BTS.

Keywords: COVID‐19; infection; pulmonary embolism; saddle; tracheal stenosis.

Publication types

Case Reports