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Case Reports
. 2021 May;93(5):2585-2587.
doi: 10.1002/jmv.26831. Epub 2021 Feb 9.

Reports of three long-term lung disease following SARS-CoV-2 infection

Silvia Piantoni  1   2 , Luisa Salada  3   4 , Enrico Colombo  3   5 , Monia Mendeni  3   5 , Ezio Damiolini  3   4 , Diego Gatta  3   4 , Donata Richini  3   5 , Roberto Furloni  3   5 , Paolo Airò  1 , Mirko Scarsi  3   5
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Reports of three long-term lung disease following SARS-CoV-2 infection

Silvia Piantoni et al. J Med Virol. 2021 May.
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Figure 1
Radiological findings of the three patients at the moment of the COVID‐19 diagnosis and after 3 (T3) and 6 months (T6) of follow‐up. The chest high‐resolution computed tomography (HRCT) showed an evolution of pneumonia. Patient 1, T0: presence of 40% ground glass pneumonia, T3: presence of 70% ground glass pneumonia and septal thickening, T6: presence of honey combing; Patient 2, T0: presence of 35% ground glass pneumonia, T3: improving of ground glass and parenchyma bands, T6: presence of 35% ground glass pneumonia; Patient 3, T0: presence of 25% ground glass pneumonia, T3: not available, T6: presence of 20% ground glass pneumonia and parenchymal bands
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