Normal chest CT in 1091 symptomatic patients with confirmed Covid-19: frequency, characteristics and outcome.

Ian Leonard-LorantFrançois SeveracPascal BilbaultJoris MullerPierre LeyendeckerCatherine RoyMickael Ohana

Published in: European radiology (2021)

• In a cohort of 1091 symptomatic COVID-19 patients, initial chest CT was normal in 5.2% of cases. • Normal chest CT in confirmed COVID-19 is frequent even when onset of symptoms is greater than 3 days. • The outcome of COVID-19 patients with initial normal chest CT, while better than those with abnormal CT, was not entirely benign with 5.3% death and/or mechanical ventilation.

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