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Review
. 2021 Apr 28;13(4):94-101.
doi: 10.4329/wjr.v13.i4.94.

Cardio-thoracic imaging and COVID-19 in the pediatric population: A narrative review

Paolo Ferrero  1 , Isabelle Piazza  2
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Cardio-thoracic imaging and COVID-19 in the pediatric population: A narrative review

Paolo Ferrero et al. World J Radiol. .

Abstract

Worldwide experience about coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemics suggests that symptomatic disease is significantly less frequent in the pediatric age range. Nevertheless, multi-system inflammatory syndrome has been consistently reported in children and has been associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 exposure. In this paper we give an overview of the multimodality chest imaging of pediatric patients with suspected COVID-19, focusing on relevant differences with adults.

Keywords: COVID-19; Chest; Imaging; Pediatric; Radiology; SARS-CoV-2.

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Conflict-of-interest statement: Authors declare no conflict of interests for this article.

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