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Lung CT Segmentation to Identify Consolidations and Ground Glass Areas for Quantitative Assesment of SARS-CoV Pneumonia
Published on: December 19, 2020
Diaphragmatic rupture in case of COVID-19 pneumonia- A rare presentation
Aditya Chawla1, Gaurav Chaudhary2, Primal Sachdeva2
1Department of Respiratory Medicine, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Saroj Superspeciality Hospital, Delhi, India.
Abstract:
We describe the case of a male patient admitted to our emergency department during the COVID-19 pandemic with complaints of fever, severe breathlessness and dry cough associated with symptoms of gastric reflux for 5 days. Chest HRCT showed subtle multiple areas of diffuse patchy opacities with ground-glass haze with associated left subdiaphragmatic hernia and atelectasis of the left pulmonary lobe. Barium meal revealed subdiaphragmatic hernia. A nasopharyngeal swab for 2019-nCoV was positive. A diagnosis of diaphragmatic hernia in COVID-19 pneumonia was made. To our knowledge, spontaneous herniation of the diaphragm is a rare entity. Treatment for COVID-19 and empiric antibiotic therapy were promptly started and a decision of elective surgery was made.
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