Rare findings of spontaneous hemothorax and small subpleural lung hematoma in a COVID-19 patient: A case report.
Barbara BrognaAnnamaria RomanoLoredana TibulloMariagrazia MontuoriMariagrazia NunziataGiuseppe RussoLanfranco A MustoPublished in: Acta radiologica open (2021)
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.
Keyphrases
- computed tomography
- coronavirus disease
- sars cov
- dual energy
- rare case
- positron emission tomography
- case report
- venous thromboembolism
- image quality
- pulmonary hypertension
- contrast enhanced
- magnetic resonance imaging
- atrial fibrillation
- intensive care unit
- optical coherence tomography
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- growth factor
- bone marrow
- magnetic resonance
- smoking cessation
- acute respiratory distress syndrome