Mediastinal emphysema as a complication of asthmatic crisis in a young patient with COVID-19
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COVID-19 is a virus that caused the current pandemic. Its airborne transmission and tropism for the respiratory system make people with lung-based pathologies more susceptible. In this case, it not only produced an exacerbation of bronchial asthma, but also pneumomediastinum, a rare complication of asthma.
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