CT Findings of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Severe Pneumonia
Wanhua Guan, Jinxin Liu, Chengcheng Yu
Abstract
CT Findings of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Severe PneumoniaA recent cluster of pneumonia caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in Wuhan, China, has spread elsewhere in China and all over the world [1].Most patients present with mild symptoms, but some patients progress from having mild to severe disease.We report the CT features of a patient diagnosed with severe pneumonia from coronavirus disease ( COVID-19) to help better understand the disease.A 59-year-old woman from Wuhan was admitted to our hospital after experiencing 4 days of recurrent fever.Her highest body temperature was 38.8°C before admission, and this was accompanied by headache, dizziness, nausea, and vomiting, without chills, cough, or muscle soreness [2].She had lived in Wuhan for many years and had a contact history of exposure to a patient infected with