AUTHOR=Testori Alberto , Giudici Veronica M. , Alloisio Marco , Cioffi Ugo 

TITLE=Case Report: COVID-19 Pneumonia Following Left Pneumonectomy for Lung Cancer Complicated by Empyema and Bronchopleural Fistula

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Surgery

VOLUME=8

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/surgery/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2021.679757

DOI=10.3389/fsurg.2021.679757

ISSN=2296-875X

ABSTRACT=<p><bold>Background:</bold> Venous and arterial thromboembolism is commonly reported in critically ill COVID-19 patients, although there are still no definitive statistical data regarding its incidence.</p><p><bold>Case presentation:</bold> we report a case of a patient who fell ill with Covid during hospitalization for a pneumonectomy complicated by empyema and bronchopleural fistula. The patient, despite being cured of COVID, died after 14 days for pulmonary thromboembolism.</p><p><bold>Conclusion:</bold> Our case strengthens the suggestion of adequate thromboprophylaxis in all hospitalized COVID patients and of increasing prophylaxis in critically ill patients even in the absence of randomized studies</p>