International Journal of Infectious Diseases (Nov 2020)

CT scan does not make a diagnosis of Covid-19: A cautionary case report

  • Tu Anh Tran,
  • Renaud Cezar,
  • Julien Frandon,
  • Sarah Kabani,
  • Pierre Corbeau

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 100
pp. 182 – 183

Abstract

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Here, we report the clinical case of a 12-year-old girl presenting with flu-like symptoms, cough, anosmia, ageusia, breathing difficulties, and patchy ground glass opacities on TDM chest scan who turned out to be Coronavirus 229E-infected. This case draws attention to the risk of false COVID-19 diagnosis when over-relying on CT scan imaging.

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