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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection CT
Introduction
Overview
Overview
On chest CT-scan, patients with MERS-CoV may demonstrate changes similar to patients with ARDS. CT scan may demonstrate bilateral airspace abnormalities with ground glass opacities, predominantly located at the bases of the lungs, suggestive of organizing pneumonia.[1]
CT
CT
Chest CT abnormalities among patients with MERS-CoV may include any of the following:
- Extensive bilateral patchy opacities, predominantly in the lung bases and in the subpleural regions[1][2][3]
- Pleural effusions
- septal thickening
- Peribronchovascular involvement
- Traction bronchiectasis and reticulation
- Evidence of architectural distortion
References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ajlan, Amr M.; Ahyad, Rayan A.; Jamjoom, Lamia Ghazi; Alharthy, Ahmed; Madani, Tariq A. (2014). “Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) Infection: Chest CT Findings”. American Journal of Roentgenology: 1–6. doi:10.2214/AJR.14.13021. ISSN 0361-803X.
- ↑ Ujita M, Renzoni EA, Veeraraghavan S, Wells AU, Hansell DM (2004). “Organizing pneumonia: perilobular pattern at thin-section CT”. Radiology. 232 (3): 757–61. doi:10.1148/radiol.2323031059. PMID 15229349.
- ↑ Travis, William D.; Costabel, Ulrich; Hansell, David M.; King, Talmadge E.; Lynch, David A.; Nicholson, Andrew G.; Ryerson, Christopher J.; Ryu, Jay H.; Selman, Moisés; Wells, Athol U.; Behr, Jurgen; Bouros, Demosthenes; Brown, Kevin K.; Colby, Thomas V.; Collard, Harold R.; Cordeiro, Carlos Robalo; Cottin, Vincent; Crestani, Bruno; Drent, Marjolein; Dudden, Rosalind F.; Egan, Jim; Flaherty, Kevin; Hogaboam, Cory; Inoue, Yoshikazu; Johkoh, Takeshi; Kim, Dong Soon; Kitaichi, Masanori; Loyd, James; Martinez, Fernando J.; Myers, Jeffrey; Protzko, Shandra; Raghu, Ganesh; Richeldi, Luca; Sverzellati, Nicola; Swigris, Jeffrey; Valeyre, Dominique (2013). “An Official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society Statement: Update of the International Multidisciplinary Classification of the Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias”. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 188 (6): 733–748. doi:10.1164/rccm.201308-1483ST. ISSN 1073-449X.
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