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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sabawoon Mirwais, M.B.B.S, M.D.[2]
Overview
The chest x ray findings in a suspected case of coronavirus infection can mimic the findings in pneumonia.
X Ray
- The chest x ray findings in a suspected case of coronavirus infection can mimic the findings in pneumonia, which can include:
- Chest x ray findings in patients infected with MERS-CoV include:
- Ground-glass opacity (the most common finding)[1]
- Consolidation
- Pneumothorax
- Involvement of all lung zones in advanced disease
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References
- ↑ Das KM, Lee EY, Al Jawder SE, Enani MA, Singh R, Skakni L, Al-Nakshabandi N, AlDossari K, Larsson SG (September 2015). "Acute Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus: Temporal Lung Changes Observed on the Chest Radiographs of 55 Patients". AJR Am J Roentgenol. 205 (3): W267–74. doi:10.2214/AJR.15.14445. PMID 26102309.
- ↑ By US government employee - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/core/lw/2.0/html/tileshop_pmc/tileshop_pmc_inline.html?title=Click%20on%20image%20to%20zoom&p=PMC3&id=4650772_ciu63501.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=68221821
