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Chest CT scan in the axial section of the mediastinal window showing ground glass images with an asymmetrical peripheral arrangement under the pleural layer, producing a crazy-paving appearance characteristic of typical COVID-19 pneumonia.
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Chest CT scan in the axial section of the pulmonary parenchymal window showing a low-to-medium abundant pneumomediastinum (arrow) dissecting the large mediastinal vessels in a 65-year-old patient with COVID-19 pneumonia.
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On the 16th day, a computed tomography of the chest was performed for a better study of the parenchyma (millimeter sections in high resolution with an injection of contrast product) revealing a spontaneous pneumomediastinum with no sign in favor of subcutaneous emphysema or pulmonary embolism (Figure 2).