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Radiology Case Reports

Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2021, Pages 2286-2288
Radiology Case Reports

Case report
Typical Covid-19 case with primary pneumomediastinum in a 37 year old male

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Abstract

We report the case of a 37-year-old man who was admitted to Baqiyatallah hospital in Tehran (Iran) for retrosternal pain, fever, fatigue, dyspnoea and severe non-productive cough. The patient was subsequently confirmed as positive for COVID-19 at real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test. Chest computed tomography (CT) revealed also the presence of pneumomediastinum. This case highlights the importance of chest CT imaging for COVID-19 pneumonia to detect co-existing conditions as pneumomediastinum.

Keywords

COVID-19
Pneumomediastinum
Computed tomography
Real-time polymerase chain reaction

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