Eur Radiol. CT features of novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) in children.

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Eur Radiol. 2020 Apr 14. doi: 10.1007/s00330-020-06860-3. [Epub ahead of print]
CT features of novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19) in children.


Duan YN¹, Zhu YQ¹, Tang LL¹, Qin J².

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Abstract

A serious epidemic of COVID-19 broke out in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, and spread to other Chinese cities and several countries now. As the majority of patients infected with COVID-19 had chest CT abnormality, chest CT has become an important tool for early diagnosis of COVID-19 and monitoring disease progression. There is growing evidence that children are also susceptible to COVID-19 and have atypical presentations compared with adults. This review is mainly about the differences in clinical symptom spectrum, diagnosis of COVID-19, and CT imaging findings between adults and children, while highlighting the value of radiology in prevention and control of COVID-19 in pediatric patients. KEY POINTS: • Compared with adults, pediatric patients with COVID-19 have the characteristics of lower incidence, slighter clinical symptoms, shorter course of disease, and fewer severe cases. • The chest CT characteristics of COVID-19 in pediatric patients were atypical, with more localized GGO extent, lower GGO attenuation, and relatively rare interlobular septal thickening. • Chest CT should be used with more caution in pediatric patients with COVID-19 to protect this vulnerable population from risking radiation.



KEYWORDS:

COVID-19; Pneumonia, viral; Tomography, spiral computed


PMID:32291501DOI:10.1007/s00330-020-06860-3