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Spontaneous pneumothorax as a complication in COVID‐19 recovered male patient: a case report from a tertiary care centre in Central India

Int J Res Med Sci. 2021;9(6):1774-1777.DOI10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20212251

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Abstract

As the number of COVID-19 cases emerge new complications associated with the disease are recognised. This report records a case of pneumothorax in a COVID-19 patient. Our report justifies that pneumothorax can occur during different phases of disease in patients without any history of pulmonary comorbidity and is not necessarily associated to positive pressure ventilation or a severity of COVID-19. However debatable might be the exact mechanism of the process be, this observation might imply that extensive alveolar destruction due to COVID-19 may lead to bulla formation resulting in subsequent pneumothorax.

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  1. Department of Surgery, SAMC & PGI, SAIMS university, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
  2. Department of Respiratory Medicine, SAMC & PGI, SAIMS university, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India

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