Post COVID-19 large pneumatocele: clinical and pathological perspectives.

ABSTRACT: A middle aged COVID-19 male patient presented 2 weeks after discharge with new onset of dyspnoea and desaturation. Radiological studies revealed right side pneumothorax and lower lobe cystic air space. Chest drain was inserted and on a later date the patient underwent thoracoscopic surgery where a large pneumatocele was identified. Deroofing and closure of sources of air leak were done. Histopathological examination demonstrated extensive fibrosis, intra-alveolar Haemorrhage and pneumocytes hyperplasia.

SUBMITTER: Hamad AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8083772 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature