Abstract
Coronavirus caused an epidemic in China in December 2019 at an animal market where live and dead animals were sold in Wuhan, China. In a short time, this epidemic spread to different continents. This virus has been called the 2019 new coronavirus (2019-nCoV) by the World Health Organization. Unlike both MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV, Covid-19 is the seventh member of the coronavirus family that infects humans. It is characteristic for Covid-19 pneumonia that there are subpleural localized ground glass opacities and numerous irregular areas of consolidation in both lungs and especially in the lower lobes.In this case study, we aimed to present a Covid-19 positive in 58 years old man patient with cough, high fever, beginning breathlessness and chest pain on the left, accompanied by pneumothorax in the left hemithorax, after covid -19 diagnosis. Radiographic imaging of the patient revealed pneumothorax on the left and ground-glass opacities in the bilateral lower lobes. The patient underwent tube thoracostomy from the left hemithorax lateral. It should be kept in mind that in patients with Covid-19 pneumonia, it may develop in pneumotoacies secondary to lung parenchymal damage. Mortality rates can be reduced in patients with early diagnosis and treatment.
Highlights
A new case of Coronavirus infection, occurred in Wuhan, in China, in December 2019
The China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) identified 44 672 Covid-19 positive patients on February 14. 965 of them (2.2%) were under 20 and the mortality rate in this age group was 0.1%. 77.8% of the patients reported that they were between the ages of 30 and 69 [9]
In this study, we present a 58-year-old man patient with Covid-19 pneumonia and pneumothorax
Summary
A new case of Coronavirus infection, occurred in Wuhan, in China, in December 2019. On January 2020, this corona virus identified, was called 2019-nCoV [1]. A 58-year-old male patient was admitted in July to the emergency department with complaints of fever, cough, shortness of breath and increased pain in the left hemithorax. His general condition was not good, inconscious, noncooperative and nonorientated with diabetes with insulinotherapy since 3 years and hypertension equilibrated. On radiological examination of the patient, consolidation and ground glass images were observed in the bilateral lower lobes and the accompanying left pneumothorax (Figure 1, 2, 3, 4). The patient was admitted in the intensive care unit and the ts situation was improving day by day.but 4 days after the hospitalisation a left pneumothorax occured.
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