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

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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 Quaia¹, Elisa Baratella², Filippo Crimi¹, Luca Cancian³, Paola Crivelli⁴, Andrea Vianello⁵

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¹ Department of Radiology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
² Department of Radiology, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
³ Unit of Radiology, Azienda ULSS 6 Euganea, Cittadella, Italy.
⁴ Unit of Radiology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
⁵ Respiratory Pathophysiology Division, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. Electronic address: andrea.vianello@aopd.veneto.it.

PMID: 33158785
PMCID: PMC7577697
DOI: 10.1016/j.pulmoe.2020.10.001

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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.

. 2021 Jul-Aug;27(4):351-353.

doi: 10.1016/j.pulmoe.2020.10.001. Epub 2020 Oct 21.

Authors

Emilio Quaia¹, Elisa Baratella², Filippo Crimi¹, Luca Cancian³, Paola Crivelli⁴, Andrea Vianello⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
² Department of Radiology, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
³ Unit of Radiology, Azienda ULSS 6 Euganea, Cittadella, Italy.
⁴ Unit of Radiology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy.
⁵ Respiratory Pathophysiology Division, Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. Electronic address: andrea.vianello@aopd.veneto.it.

PMID: 33158785
PMCID: PMC7577697
DOI: 10.1016/j.pulmoe.2020.10.001

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**Figure 1**
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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[1] He J.L., Luo L., Luo Z.D., Lyu J.X., Ng M.Y., Shen X.P. Diagnostic performance between CT and initial real-time RT-PCR for clinically suspected 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients outside Wuhan, China. Respir Med. 2020;168(July) doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2020.105980. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[2] He J.L., Luo L., Luo Z.D., Lyu J.X., Ng M.Y., Shen X.P. Diagnostic performance between CT and initial real-time RT-PCR for clinically suspected 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients outside Wuhan, China. Respir Med. 2020;168(July) doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2020.105980. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[3] Rubin Gd, Ryerson Cj, Haramati Lb, Sverzellati N., Kanne Jp, Raoof S. The role of chest imaging in patient management during the COVID-19 pandemic: a multinational consensus statement from the Fleischner Society. Chest. 2020;158(1):106–116. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.04.003. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[4] Rubin Gd, Ryerson Cj, Haramati Lb, Sverzellati N., Kanne Jp, Raoof S. The role of chest imaging in patient management during the COVID-19 pandemic: a multinational consensus statement from the Fleischner Society. Chest. 2020;158(1):106–116. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.04.003. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[5] Chen D., Jiang X., Hong Y., Wen Z., Wei S., Peng G. Can Chest CT features distinguish patients with negative from those with positive initial RT-PCR results for coronavirus disease (COVID-19)? AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2020;(May):1–5. doi: 10.2214/AJR.20.23012. - DOI - PubMed

[6] Chen D., Jiang X., Hong Y., Wen Z., Wei S., Peng G. Can Chest CT features distinguish patients with negative from those with positive initial RT-PCR results for coronavirus disease (COVID-19)? AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2020;(May):1–5. doi: 10.2214/AJR.20.23012. - DOI - PubMed

[7] WHO . 2020. Clinical management of severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) when COVID-19 disease is suspected. Interim guidance. March 13.

[8] WHO . 2020. Clinical management of severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) when COVID-19 disease is suspected. Interim guidance. March 13.

[9] Xie X., Zhong Z., Zhao W., Zheng C., Wang F., Liu J. Chest CT for Typical 2019-nCoV Pneumonia: Relationship to Negative RT-PCR Testing. Radiology. 2020;296(2):E41–E45. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2020200343. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[10] Xie X., Zhong Z., Zhao W., Zheng C., Wang F., Liu J. Chest CT for Typical 2019-nCoV Pneumonia: Relationship to Negative RT-PCR Testing. Radiology. 2020;296(2):E41–E45. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2020200343. - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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