2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pneumonia: Serial Computed Tomography Findings
Jiangping Wei, Huaxiang Xu, Jingliang Xiong, Qinglin Shen, Bing Fan, Chenglong Ye, Wentao Dong, Fangfang Hu
Abstract
From December 2019, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia (formerly known as the 2019 novel Coronavirus [2019-nCoV]) broke out in Wuhan, China. In this study, we present serial CT findings in a 40-year-old female patient with COVID-19 pneumonia who presented with the symptoms of fever, chest tightness, and fatigue. She was diagnosed with COVID-19 infection confirmed by real-time reverse-transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. CT showed rapidly progressing peripheral consolidations and ground-glass opacities in both lungs. After treatment, the lesions were shown to be almost absorbed leaving the fibrous lesions.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)PneumoniaCoronavirusSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakComputed tomographyVirologyBetacoronavirusAtypical pneumoniaPathologyRadiologyInternal medicineDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)OutbreakCOVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesCOVID-19 diagnosis using AISARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research