Bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax as a late complication of COVID-19, a clinical case report.

Fakhri NaghaviFereshteh GhiasvandMaryam Moradi

Published in: Clinical case reports (2023)

Bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax can occur as a late complication in patients with COVID-19, even without any history of mechanical ventilation. Here, we present a patient with mild COVID-19 pneumonia with a left massive pneumothorax in the third week of hospitalization and the addition of a right pneumothorax.

Keyphrases

case report
mechanical ventilation
coronavirus disease
sars cov
acute respiratory distress syndrome
intensive care unit
respiratory failure
randomized controlled trial
double blind