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Eur Radiol. 2020 Mar 19. doi: 10.1007/s00330-020-06801-0. [Epub ahead of print]
Chest CT manifestations of new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): a pictorial review.
Ye Z[SUP]1[/SUP], Zhang Y[SUP]1[/SUP], Wang Y[SUP]1[/SUP], Huang Z[SUP]1[/SUP], Song B[SUP]2[/SUP].
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Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, first reported in Wuhan, China, has rapidly swept around the world just within a month, causing global public health emergency. In diagnosis, chest computed tomography (CT) manifestations can supplement parts of limitations of real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay. Based on a comprehensive literature review and the experience in the frontline, we aim to review the typical and relatively atypical CT manifestations with representative COVID-19 cases at our hospital, and hope to strengthen the recognition of these features with radiologists and help them make a quick and accurate diagnosis.Key Points • Ground glass opacities, consolidation, reticular pattern, and crazy paving pattern are typical CT manifestations of COVID-19. • Emerging atypical CT manifestations, including airway changes, pleural changes, fibrosis, nodules, etc., were demonstrated in COVID-19 patients. • CT manifestations may associate with the progression and prognosis of COVID-19.
KEYWORDS:
Coronavirus infections; Pneumonia; Tomography, X-ray computed
PMID:32193638DOI:10.1007/s00330-020-06801-0
Chest CT manifestations of new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): a pictorial review.
Ye Z[SUP]1[/SUP], Zhang Y[SUP]1[/SUP], Wang Y[SUP]1[/SUP], Huang Z[SUP]1[/SUP], Song B[SUP]2[/SUP].
Author information
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, first reported in Wuhan, China, has rapidly swept around the world just within a month, causing global public health emergency. In diagnosis, chest computed tomography (CT) manifestations can supplement parts of limitations of real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay. Based on a comprehensive literature review and the experience in the frontline, we aim to review the typical and relatively atypical CT manifestations with representative COVID-19 cases at our hospital, and hope to strengthen the recognition of these features with radiologists and help them make a quick and accurate diagnosis.Key Points • Ground glass opacities, consolidation, reticular pattern, and crazy paving pattern are typical CT manifestations of COVID-19. • Emerging atypical CT manifestations, including airway changes, pleural changes, fibrosis, nodules, etc., were demonstrated in COVID-19 patients. • CT manifestations may associate with the progression and prognosis of COVID-19.
KEYWORDS:
Coronavirus infections; Pneumonia; Tomography, X-ray computed
PMID:32193638DOI:10.1007/s00330-020-06801-0