Lung Involvement Found on Chest CT Scan in a Pre-Symptomatic Person with SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Case Report

Ali Asadollahi-Amin; Mehrdad Hasibi; Fatemeh Ghadimi; Hosnieh Rezaei; SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi

doi:10.3390/tropicalmed5020056

Lung Involvement Found on Chest CT Scan in a Pre-Symptomatic Person with SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Case Report

Trop Med Infect Dis. 2020 Apr 7;5(2):56. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed5020056.

Authors

Ali Asadollahi-Amin¹, Mehrdad Hasibi², Fatemeh Ghadimi¹, Hosnieh Rezaei², SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi¹

Affiliations

¹ Iranian Research Center for HIV/AIDS, Iranian Institute for Reduction of High-Risk Behaviors, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 1419733141, Iran.
² Department of Infectious Diseases, Amir Alam Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 131851678, Iran.

Abstract

The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 infection is spreading worldwide, and there are many reports of acute respiratory distress syndrome caused by this infection. However, asymptomatic lung involvement has not been reported. We hereby present the case of a 44-year-old health-care worker, who was found to be infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus after a CT-scan performed for an unrelated condition revealed a lesion in the lung field compatible with COVID-19 infection. His condition deteriorated initially, but eventually improved with supportive treatment and the compassionate use of antivirals and antimalarials and is now in a stable condition.

Keywords: COVID-19; SARS-CoV-2; emerging infectious diseases; pneumonia.

Publication types

Case Reports