Frequency and characterization of ancillary chest CT findings in COVID-19 pneumonia.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Ground-glass opacity and consolidation are recognized typical features of Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pneumonia on Chest CT, yet ancillary findings have not been fully described. We aimed to describe ancillary findings of COVID-19 pneumonia on CT, to define their prevalence, and investigate their association with clinical data.

Methods

We retrospectively reviewed our CT chest cases with coupled reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (rt-PCR). Patients with negative rt-PCR or without admission chest CT were excluded. Ancillary findings included: vessel enlargement, subpleural curvilinear lines, dependent subpleural atelectasis, centrilobular solid nodules, pleural and/or pericardial effusions, enlarged mediastinal lymph nodes. Continuous data were ex

SUBMITTER: Silva M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7934290 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature