Young convalescent COVID-19 pneumonia with extensive pneumomediastinum emphysema: Case report

Marta Jagosz; Wiktoria Guzik; Łukasz Moczała; Mateusz Rydel; Hanna Misiołek; Szymon Białka

doi:10.1002/ccr3.5543

Young convalescent COVID-19 pneumonia with extensive pneumomediastinum emphysema: Case report

Clin Case Rep. 2022 Mar 27;10(3):e05543. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.5543. eCollection 2022 Mar.

Authors

Marta Jagosz¹, Wiktoria Guzik¹, Łukasz Moczała¹, Mateusz Rydel², Hanna Misiołek³, Szymon Białka³

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze Student Scientific Society at the Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine Medical University of Silesia Katowice Poland.
² Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Chair and Department of Thoracic Surgery Medical University of Silesia Katowice Poland.
³ Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze Department of Anaesthesiology, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine Medical University of Silesia Katowice Poland.

Abstract

The development of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic caused a common appearance of severe pulmonary complications, rarely seen as a result of the other infections. These are pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, emphysematous bullae, cavitary lung lesions, or subcutaneous emphysema. Their formation is influenced by both-the natural course of the disease and the treatment strategy adopted.

Keywords: COVID‐19 pneumonia; co‐ARDS; pneumothorax; spontaneous pneumomediastinum (SP); subcutaneous emphysema.

Publication types

Case Reports