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

Fateen Ata; Zohaib Yousaf; Rana Farsakoury; Adeel Ahmad Khan; Abdullah Arshad; Maya Omran; Dore Chikkahanasoge Ananthegowda; Mohamad Khatib; Talat Saeed Chughtai

doi:10.1002/ccr3.5852

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

Clin Case Rep. 2022 May 9;10(5):e05852. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.5852. eCollection 2022 May.

Authors

Fateen Ata¹, Zohaib Yousaf¹, Rana Farsakoury², Adeel Ahmad Khan³, Abdullah Arshad¹, Maya Omran⁴, Dore Chikkahanasoge Ananthegowda⁴, Mohamad Khatib⁴, Talat Saeed Chughtai⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine Hamad General Hospital Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar.
² Department of Plastic Surgery Hamad General Hospital Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar.
³ Department of Endocrinology Hamad General Hospital Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar.
⁴ Medical Intensive Care Unit Hazm Mebaireek Hospital Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar.
⁵ Trauma Surgery and Thoracic Surgery Hamad General Hospital Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar.

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

Publication types

Case Reports