False ground-glass opacity and suspicion of COVID-19, beware of the technique for performing the CT

Ground-glass opacity is a CT sign that is currently experiencing renewed interest since it is very common in patients with COVID-19. However, this sign is not specific to any disease. Besides, the possibility of false positive ground-glass opacity related to insufficient inspiration during the acqui...

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Autores principales: Niang, Ibrahima, Fall, Mame Coumba, Diouf, Joseph Coumba Ndoffene, Thiam, Mbaye, Diallo, Ibrahima, Faye, Ibrahima, Ba, Sokhna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7608763/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33193953
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.supp.2020.35.138.25353
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Sumario:Ground-glass opacity is a CT sign that is currently experiencing renewed interest since it is very common in patients with COVID-19. However, this sign is not specific to any disease. Besides, the possibility of false positive ground-glass opacity related to insufficient inspiration during the acquisition of the chest CT should be known. We report the case of a 36-year-old patient suspected of COVID-19 and in whom a second acquisition of chest CT was necessary to remove false ground-glass opacities that erroneously supported the diagnosis of COVID-19.

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