Pericardial and pleural effusion in an elderly woman with Covid-19 pneumonia: CT findings
Coronavirus-19 disease is an acute respiratory syndrome infection that primarily infects the lungs, and may extend to other organs such as the cardiovascular system. Here we describe the case of a 90-year-old woman, affected by heart failure (NYHA, class III), with bilateral Covid-19 pneumonia, comp...
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author | Messina, Francesco Turano, Lorena Tebala, Carmela Calabrese, Grazia Arcadi, Nicola |
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description | Coronavirus-19 disease is an acute respiratory syndrome infection that primarily infects the lungs, and may extend to other organs such as the cardiovascular system. Here we describe the case of a 90-year-old woman, affected by heart failure (NYHA, class III), with bilateral Covid-19 pneumonia, complicated by pleural and pericardial effusion. An unenhanced Computed Tomography, urgently made, allowed to hospitalize and treat the patient, monitoring her clinical situations. |
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spelling | pubmed-79884472021-03-24 Pericardial and pleural effusion in an elderly woman with Covid-19 pneumonia: CT findings Messina, Francesco Turano, Lorena Tebala, Carmela Calabrese, Grazia Arcadi, Nicola Radiol Case Rep Case Report Coronavirus-19 disease is an acute respiratory syndrome infection that primarily infects the lungs, and may extend to other organs such as the cardiovascular system. Here we describe the case of a 90-year-old woman, affected by heart failure (NYHA, class III), with bilateral Covid-19 pneumonia, complicated by pleural and pericardial effusion. An unenhanced Computed Tomography, urgently made, allowed to hospitalize and treat the patient, monitoring her clinical situations. Elsevier 2021-03-24 /pmc/articles/PMC7988447/ /pubmed/33777279 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2021.03.044 Text en © 2021 Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of University of Washington. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Messina, Francesco Turano, Lorena Tebala, Carmela Calabrese, Grazia Arcadi, Nicola Pericardial and pleural effusion in an elderly woman with Covid-19 pneumonia: CT findings |
title | Pericardial and pleural effusion in an elderly woman with Covid-19 pneumonia: CT findings |
title_full | Pericardial and pleural effusion in an elderly woman with Covid-19 pneumonia: CT findings |
title_fullStr | Pericardial and pleural effusion in an elderly woman with Covid-19 pneumonia: CT findings |
title_full_unstemmed | Pericardial and pleural effusion in an elderly woman with Covid-19 pneumonia: CT findings |
title_short | Pericardial and pleural effusion in an elderly woman with Covid-19 pneumonia: CT findings |
title_sort | pericardial and pleural effusion in an elderly woman with covid-19 pneumonia: ct findings |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7988447/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33777279 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2021.03.044 |
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