Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a respiratory and systemic disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, pneumothorax (PTX) has only been reported as a complication of the virus-induced pneumonia in less than 1% of cases. The majority of them developed symptoms in the setting of either an underlying history of lung disease or being placed on a mechanical ventilator during admission. The authors report a unique case of PTX in a patient with a recent COVID pneumonia that did not fit the aforementioned clinical picture – a 41-year-old male with a complete collapse of his right lung who was previously admitted for COVID pneumonia with no known pulmonary history and was not intubated. A chest tube was placed with the resolution of the PTX and the patient is being monitored on the medicine floor.
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