Open AccessPneumatocele in COVID-19 Infection: A Harbor of Future Complications
Author(s) -
Aqusa Zahid,
Mohammad Yaseen,
Naveed Haroon Rashid
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of biomedical research and environmental sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2766-2276
DOI - 10.37871/jbres1234
Subject(s) - pneumatocele , covid-19 , medicine , pneumothorax , lung , pandemic , disease , lung disease , coronavirus , intensive care medicine , virology , pathology , surgery , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak
The year 2020 has been marked by the pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2(SARS CO-V-2) disease (COVID-19). The virus has infected millions of people around the world. Lung is the most commonly affected organ of body. Various radio-logical manifestation of disease on lungs reported so far include ground glass, consolidations. Cysts or pneumatocele have rarely been reported. We here present a case of patient who presented to us with a spontaneous pneumothorax and during surgery was found to have pneumatocele. The aim of the case here is to highlight the variety of ways COVID-19 can affect the lungs.