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. 2020 Sep;296(3):E186-E188.
doi: 10.1148/radiol.2020201544. Epub 2020 Apr 23.

Acute Pulmonary Embolism Associated with COVID-19 Pneumonia Detected with Pulmonary CT Angiography

Franck Grillet  1 , Julien Behr  1 , Paul Calame  1 , Sébastien Aubry  1 , Eric Delabrousse  1
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Acute Pulmonary Embolism Associated with COVID-19 Pneumonia Detected with Pulmonary CT Angiography

Franck Grillet et al. Radiology. 2020 Sep.

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Pulmonary CT angiography of a 68 year old male. The CT scan was obtained 10 days after the onset of COVID-19 symptoms and on the day the patient was transferred to the intensive care unit. Axial CT images (lung windows) (a,b) show peripheral ground-glass opacities (arrow) associated with areas of consolidation in dependent portions of the lung (arrowheads). Interlobular reticulations, bronchiectasis (black arrow) and lung architectural distortion are present. Involvement of the lung volume was estimated to be between 25% and 50%. Coronal CT reformations (mediastinum windows) (c,d) show bilateral lobar and segmental pulmonary embolism (black arrows).
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