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Comment
. 2020 Jul;21(7):929-930.
doi: 10.3348/kjr.2020.0426.

Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum in a Patient with Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pneumonia and the Possible Underlying Mechanism

Pinggui Lei  1 , Jujiang Mao  2 , Pingxian Wang  3
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Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum in a Patient with Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pneumonia and the Possible Underlying Mechanism

Pinggui Lei et al. Korean J Radiol. 2020 Jul.
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Fig. 1
Fig. 1. 64-year-old man with coronavirus disease 2019.
A. Chest CT scan obtained 17 days after onset of symptoms shows GGOs (black arrowhead) and consolidations (white arrow) with spontaneous pneumomediastinum (black arrow) in anterior mediastinum. B. Follow-up CT scan obtained 24 days after onset of symptoms shows resolution of anterior pneumomediastinum (not shown), reduced GGOs, increased consolidations or GGOs mixed with consolidations (white arrow), and reticular opacities (white arrowhead) in lung parenchyma. CT = computed tomography, GGOs = ground-glass opacities
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