COVID‐19 pneumonia and an indelible ground‐glass nodule

When a chest computed tomography (CT) scan is performed in the diagnosis and treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pneumonia, the possibility of lung neoplasm should be kept in mind if the ground‐glass nodule (GGN) shows features that are non‐specific for viral infection, such as solitary...

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Autores principales: Yamanaka, Sumitaka, Ota, Shinichiro, Yoshida, Yukihiro, Shinkai, Masaharu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2021
Materias:
Clinical Image
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8027944/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33854784
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.751
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Sumario:When a chest computed tomography (CT) scan is performed in the diagnosis and treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pneumonia, the possibility of lung neoplasm should be kept in mind if the ground‐glass nodule (GGN) shows features that are non‐specific for viral infection, such as solitary nature, relative roundness, well‐defined borders, and distance from the pleura.

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