COVID-19 Case Complicated with Organizing Pneumonia and Pneumothorax: A Case Report

Organizing pneumonia can be idiopathic or caused by multi- ple etiologies, including viral or bacterial pneumonia, drugs, and autoimmune disorders. It can rarely lead to cyst forma- tion and pneumothorax with the exact mechanism remaining unclear. This case presents a previously healthy 50-year- old male who contracted COVID-19 with subsequent develop-ment of organizing pneumonia and pneumothorax. Patients presenting with hypoxic respiratory failure due to COVID- 19 should be screened for organizing pneumonia upon dis-charge. This case also illustrates the importance of follow- ing such patients radiologically to monitor interstitial lung disease and consider pneumothorax for patients re-presenting with acute symptoms.