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Editor, Senior Moderator
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol
. 2020 May 28.
doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A6608. Online ahead of print.
Surprise Diagnosis of COVID-19 Following Neuroimaging Evaluation for Unrelated Reasons During the Pandemic in Hot Spots
R Jain[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], M Young[SUP] 3 [/SUP], S Dogra[SUP] 3 [/SUP], H Kennedy[SUP] 3 [/SUP], V Nguyen[SUP] 3 [/SUP], E Raz[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
During the height of the recent outbreak of coronavirus 19 (COVID-19) in New York City, almost all the hospital emergency departments were inundated with patients with COVID-19, who presented with typical fever, cough, and dyspnea. A small number of patients also presented with either unrelated conditions (such as trauma) or other emergencies, and some of which are now known to be associated with COVID-19 (such as stroke). We report such a scenario in 17 patients who were admitted and investigated with CT spine imaging and CT angiography for nonpulmonary reasons (trauma = 13, stroke = 4). Their initial work-up did not suggest COVID-19 as a diagnosis but showed unsuspected/incidental lung findings, which led to further investigations and a diagnosis of COVID-19.
. 2020 May 28.
doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A6608. Online ahead of print.
Surprise Diagnosis of COVID-19 Following Neuroimaging Evaluation for Unrelated Reasons During the Pandemic in Hot Spots
R Jain[SUP] 1 2 [/SUP], M Young[SUP] 3 [/SUP], S Dogra[SUP] 3 [/SUP], H Kennedy[SUP] 3 [/SUP], V Nguyen[SUP] 3 [/SUP], E Raz[SUP] 3 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32467189
- DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A6608
Abstract
During the height of the recent outbreak of coronavirus 19 (COVID-19) in New York City, almost all the hospital emergency departments were inundated with patients with COVID-19, who presented with typical fever, cough, and dyspnea. A small number of patients also presented with either unrelated conditions (such as trauma) or other emergencies, and some of which are now known to be associated with COVID-19 (such as stroke). We report such a scenario in 17 patients who were admitted and investigated with CT spine imaging and CT angiography for nonpulmonary reasons (trauma = 13, stroke = 4). Their initial work-up did not suggest COVID-19 as a diagnosis but showed unsuspected/incidental lung findings, which led to further investigations and a diagnosis of COVID-19.