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Chest CT target sign in a couple with COVID-19 pneumonia

Clotilde Muller, Néstor L. Müller

2020Radiologia Brasileira39 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

We describe a target sign on chest CT characterized by a combination of peripheral ring-like opacity and a central nodular ground-glass opacity surrounding a vessel in a couple with COVID-19 pneumonia confirmed by real-time reverse transcriptase fluorescence polymerase chain reaction sputum analysis.

Topics & Concepts

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)PneumoniaMedicineSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakPathologyInternal medicineOutbreakInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseaseCOVID-19 and healthcare impactsCOVID-19 diagnosis using AICOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies