Chest Imaging in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19 Infection - A Case Series

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Roopa Bhat, University of Missouri; Aws Hamid, Emory University; Jeffrey R. Kunin, University of Missouri; Sachin S. Saboo, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio; Kiran Batra, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Dhiraj Baruah, Medical College of Wisconsin; Ambarish P. Bhat, University of Missouri
• Language: English
• Date: 2020-07-01
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Publication Version: Final Published Version
• Copyright Statement: © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1067/j.cpradiol.2020.04.001
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: Current Problems in Diagnostic Radiology
• Volume: 49
• Issue: 4
• Start Page: 294
• End Page: 301
• Keywords: Adult; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Radiography, Thoracic; Humans; Coronavirus Infections; Aged; SARS-CoV-2; Betacoronavirus; COVID-19; Female; Lung; Male; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral; Middle Aged
• Research Categories: Biology, Virology; Health Sciences, Public Health; Gerontology; Health Sciences, Radiology

Abstract

COVID-19 (Corona Virus Disease-19) is a zoonotic illness first reported in the city of Wuhan, China in December 2019, and is now officially a global pandemic as declared by the World Health Organization. The infection is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). COVID-19 infected patients can be asymptomatic carriers or present with mild-to-severe respiratory symptoms. Imaging, including computed tomography is not recommended to screen/diagnose COVID-19 infections, but plays an important role in management of these patients, and to rule out alternative diagnoses or coexistent diseases. In our multicenter case series, we outline the clinical presentations and illustrate the most common imaging manifestations in patients hospitalized with COVID-19.