Ces radiol. 2020, 74(1):11-18 | DOI: 10.55095/CesRadiol2020/002

CT findings in lung parenchyma in COVID-19 - pictorial reviewReview article

Jiří Ferda1, Hynek Mírka1, Jan Baxa1, Petr Rajchman1, Alena Vondráková1, Jana Váchalová2, Dalibor Sedláček2
1 Klinika zobrazovacích metod LF UK a FN, Plzeň
2 Klinika infekčních nemocí a cestovní medicíny LF UK a FN, Plzeň

Those are typical findings in COVID-19 lung involvement: ground glass opacities with peripheral distribution, some very soft; sign of the dissolving sugar - peripherally escaping infiltration; often contact with tiny thickened visceral pleura (including interlobium); increasing number of the infiltrates in caudal direction.

Keywords: COVID-19, opacities
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Podpořeno projektem MZ ČR Koncepční rozvoj výzkumné instituce 00669806 - FN Plzeň a projektem Univerzity Karlovy v Praze Progress q39.

Accepted: March 22, 2020; Published: March 1, 2020  Show citation

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Ferda J, Mírka H, Baxa J, Rajchman P, Vondráková A, Váchalová J, Sedláček D. CT findings in lung parenchyma in COVID-19 - pictorial review. Ces radiol. 2020;74(1):11-18. doi: 10.55095/CesRadiol2020/002.
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