Evolution of COVID-19 Pulmonary Fibrosis-Like Residual Changes Over Time - Longitudinal Chest CT up to 9 Months After Disease Onset: a Single-Center Case Series.

Autor: Poerio A; Radiology Unit, S. Maria Della Scaletta Hospital, via Montericco 4, 40026 Imola, BO Italy., Carlicchi E; Postgraduate School in Radiodiagnostics, Università Degli Studi Di Milano, Milan, Italy., Lotrecchiano L; Department of Radiology, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele Turro, via Stamira d'Ancona 20, 20127 Milan, Italy., Praticò C; Emergency Care Unit, S. Maria Della Scaletta Hospital, via Montericco 4, 40026 Imola, BO Italy., Mistè G; Internal Medicine Unit, S. Maria Della Scaletta Hospital, via Montericco 4, 40026 Imola, BO Italy., Scavello S; Internal Medicine Unit, S. Maria Della Scaletta Hospital, via Montericco 4, 40026 Imola, BO Italy., Morsiani M; Radiology Unit, S. Maria Della Scaletta Hospital, via Montericco 4, 40026 Imola, BO Italy., Zompatori M; Department of Radiology, Multimedica IRCCS, San Giuseppe Hospital, Milano, Italy., Ferrari R; Emergency Care Unit, S. Maria Della Scaletta Hospital, via Montericco 4, 40026 Imola, BO Italy.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: SN comprehensive clinical medicine [SN Compr Clin Med] 2022; Vol. 4 (1), pp. 57. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Feb 14.
DOI: 10.1007/s42399-022-01140-1
Abstrakt: The aim of the study was to evaluate the temporal evolution of fibrotic-like pulmonary interstitial abnormalities secondary to Sars-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) pneumonia detected on chest-CTs of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 infection. We retrospectively reviewed chest-CTs obtained up to 9 months after disease onset in a group of patients with COVID-19 pneumonia and CT features suggestive of lung fibrosis at the first follow-up after hospital discharge. We observed a complete and unexpected resolution of all interstitial abnormalities, including reticulations and bronchial dilatation, in a period of about 6-9 months after discharge. Interstitial fibrotic-like changes detectable in the first months after COVID-19 pneumonia could be slowly or very slowly resolving but still completely reversible and probably secondary to an organizing pneumonia reaction.
Competing Interests: Conflict of InterestThe authors declare no competing interests.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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