COVID-19 pneumonia and the masquerades

During the COVID-19 pandemic, chest CT is frequently used to help with the diagnosis. The classic CT patterns of COVID-19 pneumonia are well-published and recognised among radiologists. However, when there are pre-existing conditions particularly in the elderly population that could mask or result i...

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Autores principales: Xie, Cheng, Tsakok, Maria, Channon-Wells, Samuel, MacLeod, Fiona, Peschl, Heiko, Wing, Louise, Benamore, Rachel, Gleeson, Fergus
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The British Institute of Radiology. 2020
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Case Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7465733/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32922852
http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20200067
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author Xie, Cheng
Tsakok, Maria
Channon-Wells, Samuel
MacLeod, Fiona
Peschl, Heiko
Wing, Louise
Benamore, Rachel
Gleeson, Fergus
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description During the COVID-19 pandemic, chest CT is frequently used to help with the diagnosis. The classic CT patterns of COVID-19 pneumonia are well-published and recognised among radiologists. However, when there are pre-existing conditions particularly in the elderly population that could mask or result in similar patterns of disease, then the diagnosis is more difficult. This imaging essay highlights the commonly encountered situations including patients with heart failure, other possible infections particularly in the immunodeficient, and when there is trauma to the thorax. We illustrate imaging clues available to the radiologist to either make the diagnosis or at least reduce the differential diagnosis
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spelling pubmed-74657332020-09-11 COVID-19 pneumonia and the masquerades Xie, Cheng Tsakok, Maria Channon-Wells, Samuel MacLeod, Fiona Peschl, Heiko Wing, Louise Benamore, Rachel Gleeson, Fergus BJR Case Rep Case Review During the COVID-19 pandemic, chest CT is frequently used to help with the diagnosis. The classic CT patterns of COVID-19 pneumonia are well-published and recognised among radiologists. However, when there are pre-existing conditions particularly in the elderly population that could mask or result in similar patterns of disease, then the diagnosis is more difficult. This imaging essay highlights the commonly encountered situations including patients with heart failure, other possible infections particularly in the immunodeficient, and when there is trauma to the thorax. We illustrate imaging clues available to the radiologist to either make the diagnosis or at least reduce the differential diagnosis The British Institute of Radiology. 2020-06-24 /pmc/articles/PMC7465733/ /pubmed/32922852 http://dx.doi.org/10.1259/bjrcr.20200067 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Published by the British Institute of Radiology This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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