Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It mainly affects the lungs and common symptoms are fever, cough and shortness of breath. Pneumothorax has been noted to complicate Covid-19 cases requiring hospital admission, however the exact incidence and risk factors are still unknown Discussion We present a series of 3 cases of primary spontaneous pneumothorax with Covid-19 pneumonia. All cases in our series did not require positive pressure ventilation and none had any pre-existing lung disease. All were never smokers and had favourable outcomes despite having severe Covid-19 with a pneumothorax during the course of the disease. In our literature review we discuss several plausible mechanisms and risk factors resulting in a pneumothorax with Covid-19. Conclusion Our cases are a reminder that an acute deterioration with hypoxia in a Covid-19 patient could indicate a pneumothorax. Pneumothorax is one of the reported complications in Covid-19 and clinician vigilance is required during assessment of patients, as both share the common symptom of breathlessness and therefore can mimic each other.
【저자키워드】 Pneumothorax. covid, 19. computed tomography. SARS-CoV −2, 【초록키워드】 SARS-CoV-2, Coronavirus disease 2019, coronavirus, COVID-19 pneumonia, hypoxia, lung, Lung disease, Symptom, Infectious disease, outcome, risk factor, cough, Fever, Patient, Complication, Hospital admission, Pneumothorax, incidence, patients, mechanism, Shortness of breath, smoker, literature review, breathlessness, acute respiratory syndrome, clinician, acute deterioration, Affect, positive pressure ventilation, Course, resulting, caused, reported, the disease, required, complicate, 【제목키워드】 Pneumothorax, case sery,