Abstract

Pneumothorax is an uncommon but possible findings seen with disease progression in Covid 19 infection. Retrospective studies have revealed that pneumothorax occurs in 1% of patient admitted in hospital with covid 19 infection, in 2% of those requiring Intensive care unit (ICU) admission and 1 % of patients dying from infection.[8,9,10] .Pneumothorax is more common in patients with severe lung injury, neutrophilia, and a protracted clinical course. It usually carries a poor progression. Here, we report the case series of pneumothorax with COVID-19 including non intubated patients, suggesting that pneumothorax occurs even in patients who have no pre-existing lung disease and have not required positive-pressure ventilation in the past. 3 covid positive cases who presented with dyspnea after initial relief and were subsequently diagnosed to have pneumothorax were studied. The details of symptoms, treatment and progress of the three cases has been discussed. Two out of three patients required oxygen support. HRCT was used to diagnose pneumothorax in all three patients. All three patients improved and were discharged in a healthy condition.

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