COVID-19 Pneumonia: Three Thoracic Complications in the Same Patient.
Andrea BorghesiCarlo AggiustiDavide FarinaRoberto MaroldiMaria Lorenza MuiesanPublished in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2020)
The most dreaded thoracic complications in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are acute pulmonary embolism and pulmonary fibrosis. Both the complications are associated with an increased risk of morbidity and mortality. While acute pulmonary embolism is not a rare finding in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia, the prevalence of pulmonary fibrosis remains unclear. Spontaneous pneumothorax is another possible complication in COVID-19 pneumonia, although its observation is rather uncommon. Herein, we present interesting computed tomography images of the first case of COVID-19 pneumonia that initially developed acute pulmonary embolism and subsequently showed progression toward pulmonary fibrosis and spontaneous pneumothorax.
Keyphrases
- pulmonary embolism
- coronavirus disease
- pulmonary fibrosis
- respiratory failure
- sars cov
- inferior vena cava
- liver failure
- computed tomography
- risk factors
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- spinal cord
- drug induced
- aortic dissection
- mechanical ventilation
- magnetic resonance imaging
- positron emission tomography
- intensive care unit
- spinal cord injury
- machine learning