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Comment
. 2020 May;21(5):627-628.
doi: 10.3348/kjr.2020.0281.

Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum: A Probable Unusual Complication of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pneumonia

Jing Wang  1   2 , Xiaoyun Su  1   2 , Tianjing Zhang  3 , Chuansheng Zheng  1   4
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Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum: A Probable Unusual Complication of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pneumonia

Jing Wang et al. Korean J Radiol. 2020 May.
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Fig. 1
Fig. 1. Chest CT of 36-year-old woman with COVID-19 pneumonia obtained 12 days after onset of symptoms.
A–D. Pneumatosis extends from mediastinal pericardium to bilateral cervical soft tissue space (yellow arrows; A, C, D). B–E. Images show multifocal diffuse bilateral ground-glass opacities and consolidation with air bronchogram in middle lobe of right lung (black arrow; E). F. There are small pleural effusion and reactive thickening of pleura (white arrow).
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