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Mediastinal Emphysema, Giant Bulla, and Pneumothorax Developed during the Course of COVID-19 Pneumonia

2020; Korean Society of Radiology; Volume: 21; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3348/kjr.2020.0180

ISSN

2005-8330

Autores

Ruihong Sun, Hongyuan Liu, Xiang Wang,

Tópico(s)

Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis

Resumo

The coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia is a recent outbreak in mainland China and has rapidly spread to multiple countries worldwide.Pulmonary parenchymal opacities are often observed during chest radiography.Currently, few cases have reported the complications of severe COVID-19 pneumonia.We report a case where serial follow-up chest computed tomography revealed progression of pulmonary lesions into confluent bilateral consolidation with lower lung predominance, thereby confirming COVID-19 pneumonia.Furthermore, complications such as mediastinal emphysema, giant bulla, and pneumothorax were also observed during the course of the disease.

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