Volume 6
Number 2 July 2022A Case Study of Tension Pneumothorx: Secondary to Covid-19 Infection
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70357/jdamc.2022.v0602.10
Biswas MA1 , Afrin M2 , Hoque MS3 , Rahman A4
Abstract
Corona-virus infection that arose from China is now a global pandemic. It presents with a variety of pulmonary manifestations,most commonly in the form of ground glass pulmonary lesions and opacities. Rare manifestation such as pnuemothorax hasbeen reported by some authors. This study report was for a 32-year-old woman with Corona-virus disease presenting withtension pneumothorax, a rare and life-threatening complication of Corona-virus infection that has not been reportedpreviously. In this case, after insertion of thoracostomy tube, the patient's symptoms improved. After about 1 year of Corona-virus pandemic, it still presents with some rare pulmonary and extra-pulmonary manifestations, so, familiarity with thesemanifestations is important for a correct diagnosis and treatment.
Keywords: pulmonary lesions, pnuemothorax, thoracostomy
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