Salvage Lobectomy to Treat Necrotizing SARS-CoV-2 Pneumonia Complicated by a Bronchopleural Fistula.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2020.10.038 and PMC identifier 7713638.
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Abstract
We report a case of necrotizing severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) pneumonia complicated by a bronchopleural fistula and treated by decortication and salvage lobectomy. Owing to the unknown characteristics of the underlying SARS-CoV-2 infection, treatment of the abscess and bronchopleural fistula was delayed. This may have resulted in further deterioration of the patient, with ensuing multiple organ dysfunction. Complications of SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia, such as a bacterial abscess and a bronchopleural fistula, should be treated as if the patient were not infected with SARS-CoV-2.
Medical subject headings
- Bronchial Fistula
- COVID-19
- Lung
- Pleural Diseases
- Pneumonectomy
- Pneumonia, Viral