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. 2023 Jun;18(4):1243-1245.
doi: 10.1007/s11739-023-03250-7. Epub 2023 Mar 16.

Two-years chest-CT follow-up after severe COVID-19 pneumonia

Nicola Flor  1 , Federica Leidi  2 , Francesco Casella  2 , Leonardo Mariani  3 , Mattia Piazza  3 , Marta Del Medico  2 , Chiara Beatrice Cogliati  2   4
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Two-years chest-CT follow-up after severe COVID-19 pneumonia

Nicola Flor et al. Intern Emerg Med. 2023 Jun.
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Fig. 1
Serial non-contrast axial chest CTs of three studied patients with prior severe COVID-19 pneumonia. Upper line: chest CT of a 61-year-old woman showed ground-glass opacities, reticular alterations and parenchymal bands (Warrick Score: 8; CT score: 5) in both lower lobes at the 6-month CT follow-up (Panel A). At the 2-years follow-up (Panel B) complete resolution of GGO with persistency of reticulations and bands was noticed (Warrick score: 5; CT score: 3). Middle line: panel C shows six-month follow-up chest CT of a 65-year-old woman demonstrating ground-glass opacities, reticular alterations, parenchymal bands and traction bronchiectasis in middle lobe, lingula and in both lower lobes (Warrick score: 20; CT score: 9). At the 2-years follow-up (Panel D) almost complete resolution of traction bronchiectasis, bands and GGO with persistency of reticulations was noted (Warrick score: 13; CT score: 6). Bottom line: panel E shows chest CT of a 57-year-old woman with reticular alterations and parenchymal bands in the lung lower lobes at the 6-month follow-up (Warrick score: 8; CT score: 8). At 2-years follow-up (Panel F) complete resolution of GGO and parenchymal bands with persistency of tiny residual reticulations are observed (Warrick score: 5; CT score: 5).
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