An Unusual Presentation of Pleural Effusion in an Elderly Woman Post-COVID-19 Infection: A Case Report

Pleural effusions are defined as accumulations of fluid in the pleural cavity surrounding the lungs. They are often secondary outcomes of underlying conditions, such as congestive heart failure, malignancy, or pneumonia. Acute cases of COVID-19 pneumonia have been linked to episodes of pleural effusion, but these cases are often rare. In this report, we analyze a case of pleural effusion in a 71-year-old female patient who had been declining after a recent COVID-19 infection and later died in the hospital. It is not certain whether the cause of this effusion was due to post-COVID-19 complications, but we aim to examine the possibility.