Management of pneumothorax in Covid-19 pandemic: a report of two cases

Abstract

Although the information increases about the lung damage and radiological findings of SARS-CoV-2 disease day by day, the development of pneumothorax has been reported as a very rare finding, and our information is limited with a few case reports. Here we present a 54-year-old male and a 71-year-old female patient, who were diagnosed spontaneous pneumothorax while they were treating for SARS- CoV-2 pneumonia. A tube thoracostomy performed to each patient for the treatment of pneumothorax. While one case treated with tube thoracostomy successfully prolonged air leak, developed in other patient. Spontaneous pneumothorax should be kept in mind as a differential diagnosis when a sudden hypoxia finding developed in respiratory parameters of patients with SARS-CoV-2. Additional measures also should be taken for these patients during treatment with tube thoracostomy.