Chest radiography findings of COVID-19 pneumonia: a specific pattern for a confident differential diagnosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chest radiography (CR) patterns for the diagnosis of COVID-19 have been established. However, they were not ideated comparing CR features with those of other pulmonary diseases.

Purpose

To create the most accurate COVID-19 pneumonia pattern comparing CR findings of COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 pulmonary diseases and to test the model against the British Society of Thoracic Imaging (BSTI) criteria.

Material and methods

CR of COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 pulmonary diseases, admitted to the emergency department, were evaluated. Assessed features were interstitial opacities, ground glass opacities, and/or consolidations and the predominant lung alteration. We also assessed uni-/bilaterality, location (upper/middle/lower), and distribution (peripheral/perihilar), as w

SUBMITTER: Landini N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9659507 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature