Pneumomediastinum in association with COVID-19

K Aravind Raj¹, Sharad Sable¹, A K Saby¹, Ketaki Utpat², Unnati Desai³

DOI: 10.32677/yjm.v2i3.3813

DOI URL: https://doi.org/10.32677/yjm.v2i3.3813

Publish Date: 19-12-2023

Pages: 180 - 181

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Author Affiliation:

¹Junior Resident, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, T. N. Medical College, B. Y. L. Nair Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
²Associate Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, T. N. Medical College, B. Y. L. Nair Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
³Associate Professor and Incharge, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, T. N. Medical College, B. Y. L. Nair Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pneumonia is a progressive disease. Respiratory droplets carrying the SARS-COV2 virus enter the upper respiratory tract and multiply in the lungs, causing pneumonia. Many scientific papers have described the most common radiological features of COVID-19 pneumonia, such as multifocal bilateral peripheral areas, subsegmental patchy consolidation, subpleural location, and predominant involvement of the lower lobe and posterior segments. However, the presence of pneumomediastinum has only been reported in a few cases.