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. 2021 Jul-Aug;27(4):351-353.
doi: 10.1016/j.pulmoe.2020.10.001. Epub 2020 Oct 21.

High-resolution CT features in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia and negative nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs

Emilio Quaia  1 , Elisa Baratella  2 , Filippo Crimi  1 , Luca Cancian  3 , Paola Crivelli  4 , Andrea Vianello  5
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High-resolution CT features in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia and negative nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs

Emilio Quaia et al. Pulmonology. 2021 Jul-Aug.
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CT scan of a 74-year-old woman showing unilateral ground-glass opacities in the right upper lobe (A), and a 47-year-old man showing unilateral crazy paving in the right lower lobe (B). Both patients had initially tested negative by NP/OP swab.
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