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01-12-2020 | Coronavirus | Pictorial Essay

Radiographic and chest CT imaging presentation and follow-up of COVID-19 pneumonia: a multicenter experience from an endemic area

Authors: Federica Vernuccio, Dario Giambelluca, Roberto Cannella, Francesco Paolo Lombardo, Fabio Panzuto, Massimo Midiri, Paolo Cabassa

Published in: Emergency Radiology | Issue 6/2020

Abstract

COVID-19 has infected more than 2 million people in the world in less than 5 months outbreak. Chest imaging is recommended for triage of suspected cases of COVID-19 with moderate-severe clinical features and high pre-test probability of disease, and may help for patient follow-up and to identify patients at higher risk of disease worsening. This pictorial essay illustrates typical and uncommon imaging findings of COVID-19 pneumonia and the role of imaging for patient management.

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Title: Radiographic and chest CT imaging presentation and follow-up of COVID-19 pneumonia: a multicenter experience from an endemic area
Authors: Federica Vernuccio
Dario Giambelluca
Roberto Cannella
Francesco Paolo Lombardo
Fabio Panzuto
Massimo Midiri
Paolo Cabassa
Publication date: 01-12-2020
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Keywords: Coronavirus
Computed Tomography
Triage
Computed Tomography
SARS-CoV-2
Pneumonia
COVID-19
Published in: Emergency Radiology / Issue 6/2020
Print ISSN: 1070-3004
Electronic ISSN: 1438-1435
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-020-01817-x

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