Spontaneous hemopneumothorax in an adolescent with COVID-19

As coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) continues to spread world-wide, new symptoms associated with the disease continue to appear. Common manifestations include fever, shortness of breath, and gastrointestinal illness. In addition, COVID is known to induce coagulopathy. Here, we present the case of a 17-year-old male who presented with a massive hemopneumothorax and was found to incidentally be positive for Covid-19. We suspect that he had a primary pneumothorax from a bleb and the hemothorax could've been induced by the coagulopathic state induced by COVID infection.

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New symptoms associated with Covid-19, such as fever, shortness of breath, gastrointestinal illness, and coagulopathy, continue to appear as the disease spreads globally. This case study presents a 17-year-old male who developed massive hemopneumothorax and was incidentally found to be positive for Covid-19. It is suspected that the primary pneumothorax may have been caused by a bleb, and the hemothorax could have been induced by the coagulopathic state from the Covid-19 infection.