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Case Reports
. 2020 May 11:21:e00806.
doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00806. eCollection 2020.

Spontaneous pneumomediastinum occurring in the SARS-COV-2 infection

Sylvie Kolani  1 , Nawfal Houari  2 , Meryem Haloua  1   3 , Youssef Alaoui Lamrani  1   3 , Meryem Boubbou  1   3 , Mounia Serraj  4 , Bouchra Aamara  4 , Mustapha Maaroufi  1   3 , Badreeddine Alami  1   3
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Case Reports

Spontaneous pneumomediastinum occurring in the SARS-COV-2 infection

Sylvie Kolani et al. IDCases. .

Abstract

We report the case of a 23 year old female admitted for management of infection by the SARS-COV-2. The chest CT found a spontaneous pneumomediastinum that resorbed over 7 days with a good clinical outcome. We will discuss the mechanism underlying the occurrence of spontaneous pneumomediastinum during a COVID-19 pneumonia.

Keywords: CT; Covid_19; Pathophysiology; Prognosis; Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Axial images (A,B,D) and coronal reconstruction (C) showing the presence of gaz in the mediastinum (white Arrow) and a subpleural focal ground glass opacity in the left lower lobe (head of arrow).
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Axial images showing total resolution of the pneumomediastinum and stability of the subpleural focal ground glass opacity in the left lower lobe (head of arrow).
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