Open AccessRare findings of spontaneous hemothorax and small subpleural lung hematoma in a COVID-19 patient: A case report
Author(s) -
Barbara Brogna,
Annamaria Romano,
Loredana Tibullo,
Mariagrazia Montuori,
Mariagrazia Nunziata,
Giuseppe Russo,
Lanfranco Musto
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
acta radiologica open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2058-4601
DOI - 10.1177/20584601211028149
Subject(s) - medicine , hemothorax , hematoma , anticoagulant therapy , pneumonia , computed tomography , heparin , covid-19 , radiology , lung , anticoagulant , surgery , pathology , pneumothorax , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Hemothorax (HT) and pulmonary hematoma represent rare complications of anticoagulant therapy. We present a rare case of a 53-year-old man with COVID-19 pneumonia who showed, in a follow-up computed tomography (CT) scan 13 days after hospitalization, a left HT and a small hyperdense area in a subpleural location and compatible with a small subpleural hematoma. This patient was being treated with a subcutaneous administration of low-molecular-weight heparin (100UI/kg/BID). No vascular malformations were visualized on the CT pulmonary angiography. Herein, we report the first case of both a spontaneous HT and a lung subpleural hematoma in a COVID-19 patient, probably caused by anticoagulant therapy.