Pictorial guide for variants of Covid-19: CT imaging and interpretation.
Giacomo BonitoValeria MartinelliFrancesco VulloFabrizio BasilicoEleonora PolitoAntonella IzzoLaura CorsoPaolo RicciPublished in: BJR open (2022)
Typical radiologic images of Covid-19 pneumonia consists in a wide spectrum of chest manifestations, which range from peripheral predominant ground-glass opacities to an organizing pneumonia pattern, with additional features including crazy-paving, consolidations, fibrotic streaks and linear opacities. With variants imaging profile of Covid-19 evolves, producing relatively atypical/indeterminate CT pattern of pulmonary involvement, which overlap with imaging features of a variety of other respiratory diseases, including infections, drug reaction and hypersensitivity pneumonia. Our knowledge of these radiological findings is incomplete and there is a need to strengthen the recognition of the many faces of Covid-19 pneumonia.
Keyphrases
- coronavirus disease
- sars cov
- high resolution
- computed tomography
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- healthcare
- copy number
- emergency department
- respiratory failure
- deep learning
- community acquired pneumonia
- intensive care unit
- pulmonary hypertension
- mass spectrometry
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- positron emission tomography
- magnetic resonance
- optical coherence tomography
- genome wide
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- photodynamic therapy
- respiratory tract