Abstract
To explore the clinical and dynamic computed tomography features of coronavirus disease 2019. We enrolled 24 patients with coronavirus disease 2019 treated at a regional center in Dezhou, China, from January 22 to February 5, 2020, and analyzed data retrospectively. Nineteen cases had close contact with people with coronavirus disease 2019, and five patients denied a travel history in Wuhan City or contact with patients having coronavirus disease 2019. Symptoms were fever, cough, chest tightness, dyspnea, fatigue, and muscle pain. Chest computed tomography showed multiple ground-glass opacities distributed along peribronchial bundles and subpleural areas, often accompanied by bronchiectasis, vascular thickening, and interlobular septal thickening after coronavirus disease 2019 progression. Coronavirus disease 2019 has certain clinical characteristics and typical computed tomography features.
Highlights
The Director General of the World Health Organization, Tan Desai, announced on February 11, 2020, that the new coronavirus that was causing pneumonia was to be named coronavirus disease 2019 (‘‘COVID-19’’)
We summarized the clinical manifestations and computed tomography (CT) features
Small grid shadows were seen in 8 cases, solid lesions with ground-glass opacity (GGO) were observed in 7 cases, and 2 patients progressed to severe COVID-19 (Figure 2)
Summary
The Director General of the World Health Organization, Tan Desai, announced on February 11, 2020, that the new coronavirus that was causing pneumonia (initially in China) was to be named coronavirus disease 2019 (‘‘COVID-19’’). The International Virus Classification Commission named the new coronavirus ‘‘severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2’’.1. COVID-19 transmits by droplets and contact and is spreading rapidly.[2,3,4] We wished to help to improve the early diagnosis, isolation, and treatment of COVID-19, and prevent pneumonia progression. We summarized the clinical manifestations and computed tomography (CT) features. In this way, we wished to understand the disease fully and improve its diagnosis and treatment
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