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cord-290619-e4h47fo4	Castiglioni, Massimo	SURGICAL RESECTIONS OF SUPERINFECTED PNEUMATOCELES IN A COVID-19 PATIENT	2020-06-27		.txt	text/plain	883	56	44	ABSTRACT Emerging studies on radiological findings in COVID-19 patients report a high incidence of bilateral lung involvement, with GGOs imaging being the most common pattern on CT. We report a case of a COVID-19 patient successfully treated by lung resections for infected pneumatoceles. In some patients, pneumatoceles may occur due to damage to the alveolar walls caused by either the infection or lung ventilation [3, 4] . Emerging reports on radiological findings in patients with COVID-19 have documented high incidence of bilateral lung involvement, with GGOs being the most common pattern on chest CT [1, 3] . Although there are no widely accepted therapeutic algorithms for the management of complicated pneumatoceles, some authors advocate early percutaneous drainage as a first-line strategy; on failure of this approach surgical resection should be considered [5] . This report describes a COVID-19 patient who was successfully treated by urgent surgery for two infected pneumatoceles causing acute respiratory failure and sepsis that was non-responsive to antibiotics.	./cache/cord-290619-e4h47fo4.txt	./txt/cord-290619-e4h47fo4.txt