We report the case of a 37-year-old man who was admitted to Baqiyatallah hospital in Tehran (Iran) for retrosternal pain, fever, fatigue, dyspnoea and severe non-productive cough. The patient was subsequently confirmed as positive for COVID-19 at real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test. Chest computed tomography (CT) revealed also the presence of pneumomediastinum. This case highlights the importance of chest CT imaging for COVID-19 pneumonia to detect co-existing conditions as pneumomediastinum.
Pneumomediastinum as Extremely Rare Presentation in Patient with COVID-19 / Jafari, R; Cegolon, L; Dehghanpoor, F; Izadi, M; Einollahi, B; S Saadat, H; Javanbakht, M. - In: HEART & LUNG. - ISSN 0147-9563. - STAMPA. - (2020), pp. 2286-2288.
Pneumomediastinum as Extremely Rare Presentation in Patient with COVID-19
Cegolon L;
2020-01-01
Abstract
We report the case of a 37-year-old man who was admitted to Baqiyatallah hospital in Tehran (Iran) for retrosternal pain, fever, fatigue, dyspnoea and severe non-productive cough. The patient was subsequently confirmed as positive for COVID-19 at real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test. Chest computed tomography (CT) revealed also the presence of pneumomediastinum. This case highlights the importance of chest CT imaging for COVID-19 pneumonia to detect co-existing conditions as pneumomediastinum.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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