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Differential diagnosis of COVID-19 at the chest computed tomography scan: A review with special focus on cancer patients
BACKGROUND: Given the several radiological features shared by coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia and other infective or non-infective diseases with lung involvement, the differential diagnosis is often tricky, and no unequivocal tool exists to help the radiologist in the proper diagnosis. Computed t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8422906/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34567434 http://dx.doi.org/10.4329/wjr.v13.i8.243 |
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author | Perrone, Fabiana Balbi, Maurizio Casartelli, Chiara Buti, Sebastiano Milanese, Gianluca Sverzellati, Nicola Bersanelli, Melissa |
author_facet | Perrone, Fabiana Balbi, Maurizio Casartelli, Chiara Buti, Sebastiano Milanese, Gianluca Sverzellati, Nicola Bersanelli, Melissa |
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description | BACKGROUND: Given the several radiological features shared by coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia and other infective or non-infective diseases with lung involvement, the differential diagnosis is often tricky, and no unequivocal tool exists to help the radiologist in the proper diagnosis. Computed tomography is considered the gold standard in detecting pulmonary illness caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. AIM: To conduct a systematic review including the available studies evaluating computed tomography similarities and discrepancies between coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia and other pulmonary illness, then providing a discussion focus on cancer patients. METHODS: Using pertinent keywords, we performed a systematic review using PubMed to select relevant studies published until October 30, 2020. RESULTS: Of the identified 133 studies, 18 were eligible and included in this review. CONCLUSION: Ground-glass opacity and consolidations are the most common computed tomography lesions in coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia and other respiratory diseases. Only two studies included cancer patients, and the differential diagnosis with early lung cancer and radiation pneumonitis was performed. A single lesion associated with pleural effusion and lymphadenopathies in lung cancer and the onset of the lesions in the radiation field in the case of radiation pneumonitis allowed the differential diagnosis. Nevertheless, the studies were heterogeneous, and the type and prevalence of lesions, distributions, morphology, evolution, and additional signs, together with epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory findings, are crucial to help in the differential diagnosis. |
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spelling | pubmed-84229062021-09-24 Differential diagnosis of COVID-19 at the chest computed tomography scan: A review with special focus on cancer patients Perrone, Fabiana Balbi, Maurizio Casartelli, Chiara Buti, Sebastiano Milanese, Gianluca Sverzellati, Nicola Bersanelli, Melissa World J Radiol Systematic Reviews BACKGROUND: Given the several radiological features shared by coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia and other infective or non-infective diseases with lung involvement, the differential diagnosis is often tricky, and no unequivocal tool exists to help the radiologist in the proper diagnosis. Computed tomography is considered the gold standard in detecting pulmonary illness caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. AIM: To conduct a systematic review including the available studies evaluating computed tomography similarities and discrepancies between coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia and other pulmonary illness, then providing a discussion focus on cancer patients. METHODS: Using pertinent keywords, we performed a systematic review using PubMed to select relevant studies published until October 30, 2020. RESULTS: Of the identified 133 studies, 18 were eligible and included in this review. CONCLUSION: Ground-glass opacity and consolidations are the most common computed tomography lesions in coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia and other respiratory diseases. Only two studies included cancer patients, and the differential diagnosis with early lung cancer and radiation pneumonitis was performed. A single lesion associated with pleural effusion and lymphadenopathies in lung cancer and the onset of the lesions in the radiation field in the case of radiation pneumonitis allowed the differential diagnosis. Nevertheless, the studies were heterogeneous, and the type and prevalence of lesions, distributions, morphology, evolution, and additional signs, together with epidemiological, clinical, and laboratory findings, are crucial to help in the differential diagnosis. Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2021-08-28 2021-08-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8422906/ /pubmed/34567434 http://dx.doi.org/10.4329/wjr.v13.i8.243 Text en ©The Author(s) 2021. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
spellingShingle | Systematic Reviews Perrone, Fabiana Balbi, Maurizio Casartelli, Chiara Buti, Sebastiano Milanese, Gianluca Sverzellati, Nicola Bersanelli, Melissa Differential diagnosis of COVID-19 at the chest computed tomography scan: A review with special focus on cancer patients |
title | Differential diagnosis of COVID-19 at the chest computed tomography scan: A review with special focus on cancer patients |
title_full | Differential diagnosis of COVID-19 at the chest computed tomography scan: A review with special focus on cancer patients |
title_fullStr | Differential diagnosis of COVID-19 at the chest computed tomography scan: A review with special focus on cancer patients |
title_full_unstemmed | Differential diagnosis of COVID-19 at the chest computed tomography scan: A review with special focus on cancer patients |
title_short | Differential diagnosis of COVID-19 at the chest computed tomography scan: A review with special focus on cancer patients |
title_sort | differential diagnosis of covid-19 at the chest computed tomography scan: a review with special focus on cancer patients |
topic | Systematic Reviews |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8422906/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34567434 http://dx.doi.org/10.4329/wjr.v13.i8.243 |
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