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Editor, Senior Moderator
Korean J Radiol. 2020 May;21(5):545-549. doi: 10.3348/kjr.2020.0240.
Small Solitary Ground-Glass Nodule on CT as an Initial Manifestation of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pneumonia.
Xia T[SUP]1[/SUP], Li J[SUP]2[/SUP], Gao J[SUP]2[/SUP], Xu X[SUP]3[/SUP].
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Abstract
The 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China in 2019 led to large numbers of people being infected and developing atypical pneumonia (coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19). Typical imaging manifestations of patients infected with 2019-nCoV has been reported, but we encountered an atypical radiological manifestation on baseline computed tomography (CT) images in three patients from Wuhan, China infected with the 2019-nCoV. Surprisingly, the only similar CT finding was a solitary sub-centimeter ground-glass nodule adjacent to bronchovascular bundles, which could be easily overlooked. In addition, the follow-up images in these patients showed how COVID-19 pneumonia evolved from these small nodules. The radiologic manifestation of the three cases will expand contemporary understanding of COVID-19.
Copyright ? 2020 The Korean Society of Radiology.
KEYWORDS:
COVID-19; Ground-glass; Pneumonia, viral; Solitary pulmonary nodule; Tomography, X-ray computed
PMID:32323499DOI:10.3348/kjr.2020.0240
Small Solitary Ground-Glass Nodule on CT as an Initial Manifestation of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pneumonia.
Xia T[SUP]1[/SUP], Li J[SUP]2[/SUP], Gao J[SUP]2[/SUP], Xu X[SUP]3[/SUP].
Author information
Abstract
The 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China in 2019 led to large numbers of people being infected and developing atypical pneumonia (coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19). Typical imaging manifestations of patients infected with 2019-nCoV has been reported, but we encountered an atypical radiological manifestation on baseline computed tomography (CT) images in three patients from Wuhan, China infected with the 2019-nCoV. Surprisingly, the only similar CT finding was a solitary sub-centimeter ground-glass nodule adjacent to bronchovascular bundles, which could be easily overlooked. In addition, the follow-up images in these patients showed how COVID-19 pneumonia evolved from these small nodules. The radiologic manifestation of the three cases will expand contemporary understanding of COVID-19.
Copyright ? 2020 The Korean Society of Radiology.
KEYWORDS:
COVID-19; Ground-glass; Pneumonia, viral; Solitary pulmonary nodule; Tomography, X-ray computed
PMID:32323499DOI:10.3348/kjr.2020.0240