Open AccessA rare case: pulmonary thromboembolism and pneumothorax coexistence secondary to Covid-19 infection
Author(s) -
Özlem Ertan,
Esma Sevil Akkurt,
Tuğçe Şahin Özdemirel,
Mustafa Demiröz,
Berna Akıncı Özyürek
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
deneysel ve klinik tıp dergisi/journal of experimental and clinical medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.103
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1309-4483
pISSN - 1309-5129
DOI - 10.52142/omujecm.38.4.51
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumothorax , pneumonia , complication , respiratory disease , surgery , lung
Acute respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus (Serious Acute Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus-2) type that was first detected in Wuhan, Hubei Province of China, has turned into a pandemic. The disease commonly presents with fever, cough, and malaise, and typically bilateral peripheral ground-glass areas are seen in thorax computed tomography. While it may present as mild upper respiratory tract infection or pneumonia, patients may also develop pulmonary thromboembolism and pneumothorax. In our case, in a young male patient who was followed up for severe pneumonia due to COVİD-19 infection, pulmonary thromboembolism, parenchymal cysts, and pneumothorax were detected. Although pulmonary thromboembolism is a common complication, cyst formation and pneumothorax are rare. We aimed to present this case because of the coexistence of multiple pulmonary complications despite the young age of the patient.