Spontaneous hemopneumothorax in an adolescent with COVID-19

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...

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Main Authors:	A.B. Montgomery, C. Finck
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:	Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
Subjects:	Pediatric Covid-19 Hemopneumothorax
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576621000749

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spelling	doaj-2d5c5a83ac204ef5a7f14882e11535772021-05-08T04:22:39ZengElsevierJournal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports2213-57662021-06-0169101852Spontaneous hemopneumothorax in an adolescent with COVID-19A.B. Montgomery0C. Finck1Department of Pediatrics and Surgery, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT, 06030, USA; Connecticut Children's Department of Pediatric Surgery, 282 Washington Street, Hartford, CT, 06106, USADepartment of Pediatrics and Surgery, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT, 06030, USA; Connecticut Children's Department of Pediatric Surgery, 282 Washington Street, Hartford, CT, 06106, USA; Corresponding author. Connecticut Children's Department of Pediatric Surgery, 282 Washington Street, Hartford, CT, 06106, USA.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.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576621000749PediatricCovid-19Hemopneumothorax
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title	Spontaneous hemopneumothorax in an adolescent with COVID-19
title_short	Spontaneous hemopneumothorax in an adolescent with COVID-19
title_full	Spontaneous hemopneumothorax in an adolescent with COVID-19
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series	Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
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publishDate	2021-06-01
description	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.
topic	Pediatric Covid-19 Hemopneumothorax
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Spontaneous hemopneumothorax in an adolescent with COVID-19

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