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. 2020 Jul 10;155(1):36-40.
doi: 10.1016/j.medcle.2020.03.004. Epub 2020 Apr 30.

Radiological findings for diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia (COVID-19)

Raquel Sánchez-Oro  1 , Julio Torres Nuez  1 , Gloria Martínez-Sanz  1
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Radiological findings for diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia (COVID-19)

Raquel Sánchez-Oro et al. Med Clin (Engl Ed). .
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Fig. 1
Fig. 1
CCT image. 60-year-old patient with a positive PCR result for SARS-CoV-2. In the CCT study, peripheral ground-glass opacities were observed in both hemithorax (dashed arrows), a foci of consolidation in lingula (black arrow) and bronchiectasis (white arrow).
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
CCT image. 60-year-old patient with a positive PCR result for SARS-CoV-2. The CCT study shows the crazy-paving pattern (black box) is observed, as a result of the ground-glass opacities overlapping associated with inter and intralobular septal thickening.
Fig. 3
Fig. 3
(A) CXR image. (B) CCT imaging, coronal reconstruction. COVID-19 positive patient. GGO are more easily identified on CCT imaging compared to CXR.
Fig. 4
Fig. 4
(A) CXR image of a 75-year-old patient who came to the emergency department and presented with 1-day history of COVID-19 infection-compatible symptoms without initial radiographic abnormalities and with a positive PCR result for SARS-CoV-2. (B) CXR image, 4 days later, in which bilateral GGO are identified. (C) CXR image, 2 days later, in which a reticular pattern is observed due to septal thickening with persistence of GGO.
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