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Case Reports
. 2020 Jul;20(4):e91-e92.
doi: 10.7861/clinmed.2020-0247. Epub 2020 May 22.

COVID-19-associated pneumomediastinum

Nina Goldman  1 , Balamayran Ketheeswaran  2 , Henrietta Wilson  3
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Case Reports

COVID-19-associated pneumomediastinum

Nina Goldman et al. Clin Med (Lond). 2020 Jul.

Abstract

A case is presented highlighting the emerging association of COVID-19 with pneumomediastinum, even in patients who have never received mechanical ventilation or positive airway pressure.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS; pneumomediastinum.

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Figures

Fig 1.
Fig 1.
Chest X-ray showing bilateral ground glass opacification and bands of linear atelectasis in right lung base
Fig 2.
Fig 2.
Multiple axial slices of a computed tomography pulmonary angiography. Multifocal peripheral textured ground glass opacification and consolidation consistent with COVID-19 seen. In addition, significant pneumomediastinum seen, with multiple locules of gas noted in the anterior mediastinum and along the main left pulmonary artery.
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