Computed Tomography Features of the Patients With Covid-19: Typical and Atypical Findings

Alpaslan, Muhammed; Özkaçmaz, Sercan; Dadali, Yeliz; Dündar, İlyas

doi:10.46332/aemj.792717

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“…When seen with diffuse ground-glass and consolidation, it indicates disease progression or peak period. [10,14,15] Ground-glass opacity was found in 88% of patients in a meta-analysis by Salehi et al, and was reported as the most common imaging finding [16] : Similarly, the most common imaging finding in our study was ground-glass opacity.…”

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“…Bilateral, peripheral, and multifocal (patchy) foci in the middle and lower zones, ground-glass areas, consolidation, a combination of both findings, and vascular enlargement are the most common. [ 10 , 13 ] Most of the patients’ CT reports in our study were reported as typical findings.…”

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confidence: 55%

“…Lobar or segmental consolidation, cavitation, and tree-in-bud appearance with centrilobular nodules are examples of such findings. [ 10 , 13 ] The number of patients with atypical findings in our study was extremely low.…”

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confidence: 61%

“…The ground glass rate was 88% and the consolidation rate was 32% in the study by Salehi et al [16] Ground-glass area was 99% in an Italian study, consolidation was 83%, and the association of ground-glass field and consolidation was 79%. [10] Vascular enlargement describes the enlargement of peripheral vascular structures close to or within the ground-glass area, as well as consolidation. Some studies use a diameter of more than 3 mm.…”

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“…When evaluating the available CT findings, the RSNArecommended report language was used. [10] Data obtained in our study were analyzed with the SPSS 21.0 package program. The Kappa statistic was used to assess the agreement between the 2 methods, and the chi-square dependency test was used to assess the relationship between the variables.…”

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Radiological characteristics of coronavirus patients

Bilgin,

Yavuzdagli,

Arslan

2023

Medicine

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The present study aimed to evaluate the radiological findings of coronavirus patients who had positive computed tomography of the lung following real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction testing. The data of 1727 patients who had reverse-transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing between May 2020 and August 2021 and had thoracic computed tomography (CT) on Days 7th to 8th were analyzed retrospectively. The Radiological Society of North America’s recommended reporting system was used to categorize CT findings. Of the 1727 patients who underwent RT-PCR testing, there were 1417 patients with positive CT results. Of these 1417 patients, 679 (47.9%) were female. When patients with high blood values were evaluated, the number of CT-positive patients was significantly higher than CT-negative patients (P < .05). The number of patients with low lymphocyte and albumin values was significantly higher (P < .05). In 75.7% of those who had positive CT results, the PCR result was positive. Thoracic CT is a critical diagnostic tool in Coronavirus Disease 2019 patients with RT-PCR negative. It also depicts the progression of lung involvement in RT-PCR-positive patients. Performing it late in the disease’s progression may increase the risk of contracting the disease.

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