Covid-19 pneumonia: An unusual radiological presentation

A 26 year old female presented with complaints of high grade fever and cough for 10 days. Nasopharyngeal swab tested for COVID-19 RT-PCR at admission was negative. Clinical examination suggested a patch of bronchial breathing in left infrascapular region and bilateral diffuse rhonchi. Chest X-ray wa...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Anuj, Jaggi, Surabhi, Singh, Siddarth, Dutta, Kashish
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tuberculosis Association of India. Published by Elsevier B.V. 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7925238/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34752324
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijtb.2021.02.012
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Sumario:A 26 year old female presented with complaints of high grade fever and cough for 10 days. Nasopharyngeal swab tested for COVID-19 RT-PCR at admission was negative. Clinical examination suggested a patch of bronchial breathing in left infrascapular region and bilateral diffuse rhonchi. Chest X-ray was suggestive of left lower zone consolidation. HRCT showed a large patch of consolidation with GGO along with a cavitary lesion involving left lower lobe. Sputum for RT-PCR COVID 19 was positive. Patient was managed as per covid-19 protocol, subsequently showing clinical and radiological improvement.

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