• Maite A Huis In 't Veld, Suzanne W Ten Kortenaar, Thomas M Bodifee, Jeroen Stavast, and Bart Kessels.
• Department of Emergency Medicine, Elisabeth TweeSteden Ziekenhuis, Tilburg, the Netherlands; Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
• J Emerg Med. 2021 Jun 1; 60 (6): 793-795.

BackgroundThe novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a recent viral outbreak that has rapidly spread to multiple countries worldwide. Little is known about COVID-19 infection-related complications.Case ReportWe report a patient who developed spontaneous bilateral pneumothorax after a recent COVID-19 infection. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of spontaneous bilateral pneumothorax in a patient with recent confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 infection without any risk factors for pneumothorax and who had not received positive pressure ventilation. WHY SHOULD AN EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN BE AWARE OF THIS?: There may be a possible correlation between a recent COVID-19 infection and the development of spontaneous pneumothorax. The diagnosis of spontaneous pneumothorax should be considered in any patient with known or suspected recent COVID-19 infection who presents with new acute symptoms consistent with pneumothorax or sudden clinical deterioration.Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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