A case developing bilateral bullae due to COVID-19 infection and operated for recurrent pneumothorax

Year 2023, Volume: 9 Issue: 6 - November 2023, 1529 - 1532, 04.11.2023

Elçin Ersöz Köse , Kaan Ayberk Boyacıoğlu , Sümeyye Alparslan Bekir , Cansel Atinkaya Baytemir , İrfan Yalçınkaya

https://doi.org/10.18621/eurj.1195218

Abstract

In December 2019, a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pneumonia emerged in Wuhan, China and has rapidly spread to multiple countries worldwide. Pulmonary parenchymal opacities are often observed during chest radiography. Pneumothorax was reported in 1% of patients in studies. In this paper, we aimed to present a patient with a history of long-term hospitalization in intensive care unit due to COVID-19 pneumonia who was operated for right recurrent pneumothorax secondary to COVID-19 after discharge.

Keywords

COVID-19, pneumothorax, pneumonia

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