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. 2020 Nov;46(11):2102-2104.
doi: 10.1007/s00134-020-06222-z. Epub 2020 Aug 29.

Pathological brain CT scans in severe COVID-19 ICU patients

Antonella Castellano  1   2 , Nicoletta Anzalone  3   4 , Silvia Pontesilli  1 , Evgeny Fominskiy  5 , Andrea Falini  1   2
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Pathological brain CT scans in severe COVID-19 ICU patients

Antonella Castellano et al. Intensive Care Med. 2020 Nov.
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Fig. 1
Plain (left column) and contrast-enhanced brain CT scans (right column) in two patients with severe COVID-19 infection. a–f: Male, 62 years old, with multifocal, linear hyperdensities suggestive for hemorrhages (open arrows), involving both the cortex and the adjacent subarachnoid space, with very subtle superficial enhancement after contrast administration (arrowheads). g–l: Male, 65 years old, with superficial areas of cortical hyperdensity (open arrows) with faint enhancement after contrast administration (arrowheads)
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