CT imaging of the COVID-19

J Formos Med Assoc. 2020 May;119(5):990-992. doi: 10.1016/j.jfma.2020.04.006. Epub 2020 Apr 16.

Abstract

COVID-19 pneumonia presented with certain characteristic chest CT imaging features, which are helpful to the radiologist in the early detection and diagnosis of this emerging global health emergency. In this report, we present chest CT findings from five patients with COVID-19. Except for one case with normal lung appearance, all the other four cases had certain characteristics, including ground-glass opacity (GGO), consolidation and atoll sign. The lesions were mainly distributed in the peripheral portion of lung.

Keywords: COVID-19; Computed tomography; Imaging.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Betacoronavirus
  • COVID-19
  • COVID-19 Testing
  • Clinical Laboratory Techniques
  • Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis*
  • Coronavirus* / genetics
  • Coronavirus* / isolation & purification
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging*
  • Male
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis*
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*