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Pediatr Radiol. 2020 Mar 11. doi: 10.1007/s00247-020-04656-7. [Epub ahead of print] [h=1]Chest computed tomography in children with COVID-19 respiratory infection.[/h]
Li W[SUP]1[/SUP], Cui H[SUP]2[/SUP], Li K[SUP]1[/SUP], Fang Y[SUP]1[/SUP], Li S[SUP]3[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h] [h=4]BACKGROUND:[/h] Infection with COVID-19 is currently rare in children.
[h=4]OBJECTIVE:[/h] To describe chest CT findings in children with COVID-19.
[h=4]MATERIALS AND METHODS:[/h] We studied children at a large tertiary-care hospital in China, during the period from 28 January 2019 to 8 February 2020, who had positive reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for COVID-19. We recorded findings at any chest CT performed in the included children, along with core clinical observations.
[h=4]RESULTS:[/h] We included five children from 10 months to 6 years of age (mean 3.4 years). All had had at least one CT scan after admission. Three of these five had CT abnormality on the first CT scan (at 2 days, 4 days and 9 days, respectively, after onset of symptoms) in the form of patchy ground-glass opacities; all normalised during treatment.
[h=4]CONCLUSION:[/h] Compared to reports in adults, we found similar but more modest lung abnormalities at CT in our small paediatric cohort.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] COVID-19; Child; Computed tomography; Coronavirus; Pneumonia; Viral
PMID: 32162081 DOI: 10.1007/s00247-020-04656-7
Li W[SUP]1[/SUP], Cui H[SUP]2[/SUP], Li K[SUP]1[/SUP], Fang Y[SUP]1[/SUP], Li S[SUP]3[/SUP].
[h=3]Author information[/h]
[h=3]Abstract[/h] [h=4]BACKGROUND:[/h] Infection with COVID-19 is currently rare in children.
[h=4]OBJECTIVE:[/h] To describe chest CT findings in children with COVID-19.
[h=4]MATERIALS AND METHODS:[/h] We studied children at a large tertiary-care hospital in China, during the period from 28 January 2019 to 8 February 2020, who had positive reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for COVID-19. We recorded findings at any chest CT performed in the included children, along with core clinical observations.
[h=4]RESULTS:[/h] We included five children from 10 months to 6 years of age (mean 3.4 years). All had had at least one CT scan after admission. Three of these five had CT abnormality on the first CT scan (at 2 days, 4 days and 9 days, respectively, after onset of symptoms) in the form of patchy ground-glass opacities; all normalised during treatment.
[h=4]CONCLUSION:[/h] Compared to reports in adults, we found similar but more modest lung abnormalities at CT in our small paediatric cohort.
[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] COVID-19; Child; Computed tomography; Coronavirus; Pneumonia; Viral
PMID: 32162081 DOI: 10.1007/s00247-020-04656-7