The Role of Imaging in the Management of Suspected or Known COVID-19 Pneumonia. A Multidisciplinary Perspective
Leonid Roshkovan, Neil Chatterjee, Maya Galperin-Aizenberg, N. Gupta, Rosita M. Shah, Eduardo Mortani Barbosa, Scott Simpson, Tessa S. Cook, Arun C. Nachiappan, Friedrich Knollmann, Harold Litt, Benoit Desjardins, Saurabh Kumar Jha, Nova L. Panebianco, Cameron Baston, Jeffrey C. Thompson, Sharyn I. Katz
Abstract
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an illness caused by a novel coronavirus that has rapidly escalated into a global pandemic leading to an urgent medical effort to better characterize this disease biologically, clinically, and by imaging. In this review, we present the current approach to imaging of COVID-19 pneumonia. We focus on the appropriate use of thoracic imaging modalities to guide clinical management. We also describe radiologic findings that are considered typical, atypical, and generally not compatible with COVID-19. Furthermore, we review imaging examples of COVID-19 imaging mimics, such as organizing pneumonia, eosinophilic pneumonia, and other viral infections.