Three unsuspected CT diagnoses of COVID-19
| Autor: | David Vu, Maryanne Ruggiero, Inna Shyknevsky, Evan G. Stein, Daniel Masri, Woo Sung Choi, Mark Flyer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Male 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak medicine.medical_specialty Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Pneumonia Viral medicine.disease_cause 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging Betacoronavirus 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Medical diagnosis Lung Pandemics Intraparenchymal hemorrhage Aged Cerebral Hemorrhage Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 business.industry COVID-19 030208 emergency & critical care medicine medicine.disease Tomography x ray computed Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Emergency Medicine Radiology Presentation (obstetrics) Coronavirus Infections Tomography X-Ray Computed business |
| Zdroj: | Emergency Radiology |
| ISSN: | 1438-1435 1070-3004 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10140-020-01775-4 |
| Popis: | PURPOSE: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by a novel strain of coronavirus named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that has quickly spread around the globe. Health care facilities in the United States currently do not have an adequate supply of COVID-19 tests to meet the growing demand. Imaging findings for COVID-19 are nonspecific but include pulmonary parenchymal ground-glass opacities in a predominantly basal and peripheral distribution.METHODS: Three patients imaged for non-respiratory related symptoms with a portion of the lungs in the imaged field.RESULTS: Each patient had suspicious imaging findings for COVID-19, prompting the interpreting radiologist to suggest testing for COVID-19. All 3 patients turned out to be infected with COVID-19 and one patient is the first reported case of the coincident presentation of COVID-19 and an intraparenchymal hemorrhage.CONCLUSION: Using imaging characteristics of COVID-19 on abdominal or neck CT when a portion of the lungs is included, patients not initially suspected of COVID-19 infection can be quarantined earlier to limit exposure to others. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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