TY - JOUR ID - TI - Spectrum of Chest Computerized Tomographic Findings in Novel Coronavirus Disease‑19 AU - Irshad Mohi Ud Din AU - Inayat Elahi AU - Musaib Ahmad Dar AU - Suhail Rafiq PY - 2020 VL - 19 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 5 JO - Mustansiriya Medical Journal مجلة المستنصرية الطبية SN - 20701128 22274081 AB - Background: Coronavirus disease‑19 (COVID‑19) is a zoonotic viral disease caused by nonsegmented, enveloped, positive‑sense, single‑strandribonucleic acid coronavirus. Recent outbreak started in Wuhan, China, where a new type of coronavirus was isolated from respiratory samplessuch as bronchoalveolar lavage and sputum of patients developing respiratory symptoms. The World Health Organization declared COVID‑19a pandemic on January 20, 2020. On April 6, 1,288,080 were infected with this virus with 70,567 deaths. Computerized tomography (CT) isthe investigation of choice for diagnosing, managing, and accessing temporal changes in COVID‑19. Objective: The objective of this studyis to describe the chest CT findings in documented nCovid‑19‑positive patients. Methodology: This was a retrospective observational studydone in Government Medical College, Chest Disease Hospital from February 20 to April 25, 2020. Forty‑eight patients with COVID‑19 reversetranscriptase‑polymerase chain reaction‑positive test were scanned on 64 slice Somatom CT scanner and findings analyzed. All patients withpreviously underlying chest disease were excluded. Results: The various chest findings in the nCovid‑19‑positive patients include groundglassing, (81.25%), consolidation (56.25%), nodules (43.75%), halo sign (31.25%), crazy paving pattern (50%), air bronchogram (12.5%), airbubble sign (6.25%), vascular enlargement (25%), reversed halo sign or atoll sign (18.75%), bronchial wall thickening (6.25%), and mosaicattenuation (6.25%). None of the patients had pleural effusion. Conclusion: Characteristic CT findings of COVID‑19 can help radiologistsin the early diagnosis of symptomatic patients in whom testing is awaited. Bilateral peripheral ground‑glass opacities with consolidation independent parts of the lung along with the absence of pleural effusion were the most common abnormality.

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