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Case Reports
. 2021 May 12;14(5):e243861.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2021-243861.

Exuberant spontaneous pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, pneumopericardium and subcutaneous emphysema in COVID-19 pneumonia

Inês Pimenta  1 , Rita Varudo  1 , Sara Lança  1 , Filipe André Gonzalez  2
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Case Reports

Exuberant spontaneous pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, pneumopericardium and subcutaneous emphysema in COVID-19 pneumonia

Inês Pimenta et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; adult intensive care; pneumomediastinum; pneumothorax.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1
Initial chest CT showing subcutaneous emphysema, pneumomediastinum, pneumopericardium and pneumothorax.
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Figure 2
Chest CT following hypertensive pneumothorax drainage showing septate hydropneumothorax.
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