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<Articles JournalTitle="Case Reports in Clinical Practice">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Case Reports in Clinical Practice</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2538-2683</Issn>
      <Volume>7</Volume>
      <Issue>6</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2023</Year>
        <Month>03</Month>
        <Day>12</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">a Case of COVID-19 with No Pulmonary Involvement; but with Mediastinal and Subcutaneous Emphysema</title>
    <FirstPage>280</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>283</LastPage>
    <Language>EN</Language>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Hamid</FirstName>
        <LastName>Talebzadeh</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Department of General Surgery, Al Zahra Hospital, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Isfahan, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Sadegh</FirstName>
        <LastName>Mazaheri-Tehrani</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>mohammad</FirstName>
        <LastName>fakhrolmobasheri</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Heart Failure Research Center, Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2022</Year>
        <Month>04</Month>
        <Day>20</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2022</Year>
        <Month>06</Month>
        <Day>21</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Spontaneous pneumomediastinum (SPM) is a rare clinical entity. In the normal population, it is more likely to occur in people with conditions including chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases and asthma. In the context of COVID-19 few cases of SPM have been reported which most of them were patients with severe lung parenchymal inflammation or patients under mechanical ventilation. In this case, we report a young male with a history of minor childhood asthma who presented with acute dyspnea, forceful coughs, and subcutaneous emphysema. Chest computed tomography had no clues for COVID-19, however, pneumomediastinum and subcutaneous emphysema were obvious. He was primarily diagnosed with acute asthma exacerbation causing SPM but eventually, he tested positive for SARS-COV-2, therefore, he underwent the standard treatment for COVID-19 and the SPM was managed conservatively. Finally, after 12 days of hospitalization, he was discharged in favorable clinical condition.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://crcp.tums.ac.ir/index.php/crcp/article/view/681</web_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
