CT features of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the original district of this disease (Wuhan): a pictorial review

Lu Song; Yingting Zeng; Xiaoming Gong; Zhiyan Lu

doi:10.1016/j.jrid.2020.07.004

CT features of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the original district of this disease (Wuhan): a pictorial review

Radiol Infect Dis. 2020 Sep;7(3):91-96. doi: 10.1016/j.jrid.2020.07.004. Epub 2020 Jul 30.

Authors

Lu Song¹, Yingting Zeng¹, Xiaoming Gong^{1

2}, Zhiyan Lu¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430071, China.
² Department of Radiology, Xianning Central Hospital, Xianning, Hubei 437100, China.

Abstract

On December 31, 2019, the Wuhan Health Commission reported the discovery of an "unexplained" pneumonia for the first time; the pathogen was confirmed as novel coronavirus pneumonia (2019-nCoV) on January 7, 2020. As one of the important examination methods for the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Computed Tomography (CT) examination plays an important role in the clinical discovery of suspected cases, diagnosis, and treatment review. This paper reviews the published papers in order to offer help in early clinical screening, disease diagnosis, disease severity determination and post-treatment review.

Keywords: 2019-nCoV; COVID-19; CT features; Differential diagnosis.

Publication types

Review