Spontaneous pneumothorax and COVID-19: Precipitants to a complex HIV-AIDS diagnosis.

A 48-year-old male presented with spontaneous pneumothorax requiring chest tube placement in the setting of COVID-19 infection. CT chest revealed bilateral ground-glass opacities and multiple, large, gas-filled, cavitary lesions in the lungs bilaterally. These imaging findings led to an initial HIV diagnosis with the patient presenting at a CD4+ count of <32 cells/µL.

Cardiac Screening in a Young Adult Male Leading to Discovery of Post-COVID Myocarditis with Asymptomatic Large Apical Left Ventricular Thrombus.

• A unique sequela of COVID-19 is COVID-related ventricular thrombus formation. • Diagnosis of a ventricular thrombus can only be confirmed through imaging. • COVID-related myocarditis can ultimately lead to ventricular thrombus formation.