Halo, Reversed Halo, or Both? Atypical Computed Tomography Manifestations of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pneumonia: The “Double Halo Sign”

The epidemic of 2019 novel coronavirus, later named as coronavirus disease (COVID-19), began in Wuhan, China in December 2019 and has spread rapidly worldwide. Early diagnosis is crucial for the management of the patients with COVID-19, but the gold standard diagnostic test for this infection, the r...

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Autores principales: Poerio, Antonio, Sartoni, Matilde, Lazzari, Giammichele, Valli, Michele, Morsiani, Miria, Zompatori, Maurizio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Radiology 2020
Materias:
Thoracic Imaging
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7458858/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32729264
http://dx.doi.org/10.3348/kjr.2020.0687
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Sumario:The epidemic of 2019 novel coronavirus, later named as coronavirus disease (COVID-19), began in Wuhan, China in December 2019 and has spread rapidly worldwide. Early diagnosis is crucial for the management of the patients with COVID-19, but the gold standard diagnostic test for this infection, the reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction, has a low sensitivity and an increased turnaround time. In this scenario, chest computed tomography (CT) could play a key role for an early diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia. Here, we have reported a confirmed case of COVID-19 with an atypical CT presentation showing a “double halo sign,” which we believe represents the pathological spectrum of this viral pneumonia.

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