en عفونی کودکان Pediatric infection disease Case Report and Review of Literature Case Report and Review of Literature <div style="text-align: justify;">The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak started in December 2019. The disease can manifest in various respiratory and non-respiratory symptoms and clinical findings. The signs and symptoms of this disease in children are not entirely known yet. Ground-glass opacity and pleural effusion in the chest computed tomography scan have been reported in infected patients. The pleural effusion has been reported in a few cases. The present case report describes a pediatric patient with the chief complaints of fever, diarrhea, and vomiting who presented to an emergency department with a differential diagnosis of a gastrointestinal infection. However, he was diagnosed with COVID-19, which was complicated by respiratory distress and pleural effusion.&nbsp;</div> COVID-19, Pleural effusion, Children 439 444 http://jpr.mazums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-935-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Masoumeh Abedini drmabedini88@gmail.com 10031947532846007967 10031947532846007967 No Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran. Pedram Ataei pederam_ataee2006@yahoo.com 10031947532846007968 10031947532846007968 No Liver and Digestive Center, Research Institute for Health Development, Department of Pediatrics, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran. Mohammad Ghaderi ramohammad2001@yahoo.com 10031947532846007969 10031947532846007969 No Department of Pediatrics, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran. Avat Karimi avatkarimi2018@gmail.com 10031947532846007970 10031947532846007970 No Department of Pediatrics, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran. Farima Zakaryaei farima0258@gmail.com 10031947532846007971 10031947532846007971 Yes Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran.