A Pictorial Review of the Role of Imaging in the Detection, Management, Histopathological Correlations, and Complications of COVID-19 Pneumonia
Barbara Brogna, Elio Bignardi, Claudia Brogna, Mena Volpe, Giulio Lombardi, Alessandro Rosa, Giuliano Gagliardi, Pietro Fabio Maurizio Capasso, Enzo Gravino, Francesca Maio, F. Pane, Valentina Picariello, Marcella Buono, Lorenzo Colucci, Lanfranco Musto
Abstract
Imaging plays an important role in the detection of coronavirus (COVID-19) pneumonia in both managing the disease and evaluating the complications. Imaging with chest computed tomography (CT) can also have a potential predictive and prognostic role in COVID-19 patient outcomes. The aim of this pictorial review is to describe the role of imaging with chest X-ray (CXR), lung ultrasound (LUS), and CT in the diagnosis and management of COVID-19 pneumonia, the current indications, the scores proposed for each modality, the advantages/limitations of each modality and their role in detecting complications, and the histopathological correlations.