Prague Med. Rep. 2022, 123, 279-286

https://doi.org/10.14712/23362936.2022.26

Delayed Spontaneous Pneumothorax in a Previously Healthy Nonventilated COVID-19 Patient

Ondrej Zahornacký1,2, Štefan Porubčin1,2, Alena Rovňáková1,2, Pavol Jarčuška1,2

1Department of Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine, Louis Pasteur University Hospital, Košice, Slovakia
2Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Košice, Slovakia

Received March 2, 2022
Accepted October 18, 2022

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