CT image of novel coronavirus pneumonia: a case report

Abstract

Objective: Knowledge of CT characteristics of COVID-19 pneumonia might be helpful to the early diagnosis and treatment of patients, and to control the spread of infection.

Methods: The chest CT images of the patient were collected to describe the CT manifestations and characteristics, and they were compared with the previous studies.

Results: Multiple patchy ground-glass opacities (GGOs) were seen in bilateral lung, mostly in subpleural areas. They progressed within 3 days, and nodular GGOs were also seen together with subpleural patchy GGOs.

Conclusion: Our case of COVID-19 pneumonia showed multiple subpleural GGOs in bilateral lung, rapid progression, and it also accompanied nodular GGOs on chest CT. These findings were consistent with the previous reports, and they might be useful for early detection and evaluation of severity of COVID-19 pneumonia.

Keywords: COVID-19 pneumonia; CT; Ground-glass opacities.

Fig. 1

a Chest CT on admission shows multiple ground-glass opacities in bilateral lungs, mainly in the subpleural areas. b: CT image of 3 days later shows marked progression of multiple ground-glass opacities in subpleural areas. c, d High resolution CT images at the same period of a and b, respectively. They show nodular ground-glass opacities in the subpleural areas in upper lobe of left lung, and they significantly progressed within 3 days