Early and late pulmonary manifestations of COVID-19 on computed tomography scan

Authors

  • Samarra Mongi Kaabi Department of Radiology, International Medical Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • Ahmad Nasser Madkhali College of Medicine, Ibn Sina National College, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • Naif Hussain Alqahtani Department of Radiology, King Abdulaziz Specialist Hospital, Taif, Saudi Arabia
  • Ammar Adel Bakhsh College of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
  • Yousef Hussain Alharthi College of Medicine, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
  • Nawal Misfer Alwadai Department of Internal Medicine, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Abdullah Meshaan Alotaibi Department of Radiology, King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • Saad Obaid Alotaibi Department of Radiology, Alhada Military Hospital, Taif, Saudi Arabia
  • Ahmed Abdualrhman Aljohani College of Medicine, Taibah University, Medina, Saudi Arabia
  • Sarah Thamer Aldarsouny College of Medicine, Almaarefa University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  • Doha Jamal Ahmad Department of Radiology, Al Aziziah Children Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20212827

Keywords:

COVID-19, Pulmonary, CT, Diagnosis, Prognosis

Abstract

Computed tomography (CT) of the chest has been previously reported as an efficacious approach for the early diagnosis and suspicion of COVID-19 infection, as diagnosis with other modalities is usually time-consuming and cannot detect the disease within the early stages. Many pulmonary manifestations have been previously observed under CT imaging of the chest. All of them have been linked with the different stages of the disease, indicating their abilities to diagnose and follow-up these patients.This present literature review aims to discuss the role of CT imaging of the chest in COVID-19 infections and it also aims to elaborate the common pulmonary manifestations that can be frequently observed to help with the diagnosis and prognosis of the disease. Moreover, ground-glass opacities (GGOs) have been reported among studies in the literature to be the most common findings as they remain the earliest among other diseases. The literature review also aims to invistagate whether GGOs can fade away or progress to consolidate in order to decide the prognosis of the disease and to identify the severity of cases. Consolidations have also been previously stated among studies in the literature as frequent pulmonary manifestations affecting patients with COVID-19 infections and are estimated to be present in 2-63% of patients with COVID-19 infections. Other pulmonary manifestations might also include bronchiectasis, lymphadenopathy, nodules, pleural effusion or thickening, and halo sign.

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2021-07-27

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Kaabi, S. M., Madkhali, A. N., Alqahtani, N. H., Bakhsh, A. A., Alharthi, Y. H., Alwadai, N. M., Alotaibi, A. M., Alotaibi, S. O., Aljohani, A. A., Aldarsouny, S. T., & Ahmad, D. J. (2021). Early and late pulmonary manifestations of COVID-19 on computed tomography scan. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 8(8), 4102–4106. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20212827

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