ArticleEuropean journal of case reports in internal medicine2020
COVID-19, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Pneumothorax: A Frightening Triad.
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- Early Diagnosis of Pneumonia and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with a Smart Stethoscope with Cloud Server-Embedded Machine Learning in the Post-COVID-19 Era.Biomedicines · 2025Article
- Lung disease network reveals impact of comorbidity on SARS-CoV-2 infection and opportunities of drug repurposing.BMC medical genomics · 2021Article
- Development of a large spontaneous pneumothorax after recovery from mild COVID-19 infection.BMJ case reports · 2021Article
- Pneumothorax due to COVID-19: Analysis of case reports.Respiratory medicine case reports · 2021Article
- Expanding spontaneous pneumothorax in COVID-19 pneumonia: Case report and review of literature.Journal of cardiovascular and thoracic research · 2021Article
- Case Report: COVID-19-Associated Bilateral Spontaneous Pneumothorax-A Literature Review.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2020Review
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Abstract
We describe the case of a male patient admitted to our emergency department during the Italian COVID-19 epidemic, for progressive worsening dyspnoea. A diagnosis of pneumothorax and diffuse interstitial lung involvement was promptly made by lung ultrasound and confirmed by an HRCT scan. A chest CT scan also showed diffuse emphysema, as observed in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and small consolidations in the lower lobes, suggestive for COVID-19 pneumonia. A chest tube was immediately inserted in the emergency room with complete resolution of the dyspnoea. A nasopharyngeal swab for 2019-nCoV was positive. Unfortunately, the patient died from COVID-19-related acute respiratory distress syndrome after 48 days of hospitalization. LEARNING POINTS: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) can cause death from severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).Pneumothorax is a common complication of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).The combination of COVID-19, COPD and pneumothorax can prove fatal.
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