Bilateral Spontaneous Pneumothorax in a COVID-19 and HIV-Positive Patient: A Case Report

Bilateral Spontaneous Pneumothorax in a COVID-19 and HIV-Positive Patient: A Case Report

This case report describes a 60 year-old Black-American male with a past medical history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and hyperthyroidism, who suffered a bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax (SP) in the setting of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia. SP is a well-establish...

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Main Authors: Young Min Cho, Sara Guevara, Judith Aronsohn, James M. Mumford, Linda Shore-Lesserson, Santiago J. Miyara, Martin Herrera, Claudia Kirsch, Christine N. Metz, Stefanos Zafeiropoulos, Dimitrios Giannis, Alexia McCann-Molmenti, Kei Hayashida, Koichiro Shinozaki, Muhammad Shoaib, Rishabh C. Choudhary, Gabriel I. Aranalde, Lance B. Becker, Ernesto P. Molmenti, James Kruer, Anthony Hatoum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
spontaneous pneumothorax
tension pneumothorax
bilateral pneumothorax
HIV/AIDS
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2021.698268/full

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