Diagnostic value and key features of computed tomography in Coronavirus Disease 2019

Bingjie Li; Xin Li; Yaxuan Wang; Yikai Han; Yidi Wang; Chen Wang; Guorui Zhang; Jianjun Jin; Hongxia Jia; Feifei Fan; Wang Ma; Hong Liu; Yue Zhou

doi:10.1080/22221751.2020.1750307

Emerging Microbes and Infections (Jan 2020)

Diagnostic value and key features of computed tomography in Coronavirus Disease 2019

Bingjie Li,
Xin Li,
Yaxuan Wang,
Yikai Han,
Yidi Wang,
Chen Wang,
Guorui Zhang,
Jianjun Jin,
Hongxia Jia,
Feifei Fan,
Wang Ma,
Hong Liu,
Yue Zhou

Affiliations

Bingjie Li: Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People’s Republic of China
Xin Li: Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People’s Republic of China
Yaxuan Wang: Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People’s Republic of China
Yikai Han: Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People’s Republic of China
Yidi Wang: Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People’s Republic of China
Chen Wang: Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People’s Republic of China
Guorui Zhang: Department of Respiratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People’s Republic of China
Jianjun Jin: Department of Respiratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People’s Republic of China
Hongxia Jia: Department of Respiratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People’s Republic of China
Feifei Fan: Department of Respiratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People’s Republic of China
Wang Ma: Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People’s Republic of China
Hong Liu: Department of Respiratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People’s Republic of China
Yue Zhou: Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, People’s Republic of China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/22221751.2020.1750307
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 787 – 793

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ABSTRACTOn 31 December 2019, a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, and caused the outbreak of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). To date, computed tomography (CT) findings have been recommended as major evidence for the clinical diagnosis of COVID-19 in Hubei, China. This review focuses on the imaging characteristics and changes throughout the disease course in patients with COVID-19 in order to provide some help for clinicians. Typical CT findings included bilateral ground-glass opacity, pulmonary consolidation, and prominent distribution in the posterior and peripheral parts of the lungs. This review also provides a comparison between COVID-19 and other diseases that have similar CT findings. Since most patients with COVID-19 infection share typical imaging features, radiological examinations have an irreplaceable role in screening, diagnosis and monitoring treatment effects in clinical practice.

Published in Emerging Microbes and Infections

ISSN: 2222-1751 (Online)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases; Science: Microbiology
Website: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/temi

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