Diagnostics (Mar 2021)

A Pictorial Review of the Role of Imaging in the Detection, Management, Histopathological Correlations, and Complications of COVID-19 Pneumonia

  • Barbara Brogna,
  • Elio Bignardi,
  • Claudia Brogna,
  • Mena Volpe,
  • Giulio Lombardi,
  • Alessandro Rosa,
  • Giuliano Gagliardi,
  • Pietro Fabio Maurizio Capasso,
  • Enzo Gravino,
  • Francesca Maio,
  • Francesco Pane,
  • Valentina Picariello,
  • Marcella Buono,
  • Lorenzo Colucci,
  • Lanfranco Aquilino Musto

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11030437
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 3
p. 437

Abstract

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Imaging plays an important role in the detection of coronavirus (COVID-19) pneumonia in both managing the disease and evaluating the complications. Imaging with chest computed tomography (CT) can also have a potential predictive and prognostic role in COVID-19 patient outcomes. The aim of this pictorial review is to describe the role of imaging with chest X-ray (CXR), lung ultrasound (LUS), and CT in the diagnosis and management of COVID-19 pneumonia, the current indications, the scores proposed for each modality, the advantages/limitations of each modality and their role in detecting complications, and the histopathological correlations.

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