Spontaneous hemopneumothorax in an adolescent with COVID-19
A B Montgomery1,2, C Finck1,2
1Department of Pediatrics and Surgery, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT, 06030, USA.
Abstract:
As coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) continues to spread world-wide, new symptoms associated with the disease continue to appear. Common manifestations include fever, shortness of breath, and gastrointestinal illness. In addition, COVID is known to induce coagulopathy. Here, we present the case of a 17-year-old male who presented with a massive hemopneumothorax and was found to incidentally be positive for Covid-19. We suspect that he had a primary pneumothorax from a bleb and the hemothorax could've been induced by the coagulopathic state induced by COVID infection.
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