Internal medicine

Pneumothorax

Chest pain

Disease

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Infectious disease (medical specialty)

Psychiatry

Surgery

Medical history

Past medical history

Emergency department

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)

Medicine

Canadian Medical Association Journal

A 26-year-old man presented to the emergency department with a 3-day history of sudden-onset right-sided pleuritic chest pain and progressive shortness of breath. The patient had not travelled in the preceding 2 weeks, had no history of chest trauma, and had no history of fever, cough or other

SARS-CoV-2 infection associated with spontaneous pneumothorax