Lung imaging is widely involved in facing the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. In fact, the COVID-19 infection may lead to a rapidly evolving and potentially fatal pneumonia. Moreover, computed tomography (CT) can be more sensitive than the COVID-19 reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction test, especially at the beginning of the disease. Only patients with mild features consistent with COVID-19 infection, negative COVID-19 test, or positive COVID-19 test but at low risk for disease progression should avoid imaging. However, imaging becomes mandatory if respiratory symptoms worsen. A CT pattern classification has been designed to help both radiologists and clinicians. The typical pattern of COVID-19 is depicted by multifocal, bilateral, and peripheral ground-glass opacities (with or without consolidations or crazy paving) or findings of organizing pneumonia. Moreover, CT has demonstrated a prognostic role in patients with a diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia. Lung ultrasounds (LUS) are an emergent tool in the diagnosis of the disease. The adoption of LUS combined to chest X-rays in COVID-19 in pneumonia diagnosis is an interesting prospect that needs to be confirmed.

The Role of Imaging in COVID-19 Pneumonia Diagnosis and Management: Main Positions of the Experts, Key Imaging Features and Open Answers / Landini, Nicholas; Orlandi, Martina; Fusaro, Michele; Ciet, Pierluigi; Nardi, Cosimo; Bertolo, Silvia; Catalanotti, Vito; Matucci-Cerinic, Marco; Colagrande, Stefano; Morana, Giovanni. - In: JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ECHOGRAPHY. - ISSN 2211-4122. - ELETTRONICO. - 30:(2020), pp. 25-30. [10.4103/jcecho.jcecho_59_20]

The Role of Imaging in COVID-19 Pneumonia Diagnosis and Management: Main Positions of the Experts, Key Imaging Features and Open Answers

Landini, Nicholas
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Orlandi, Martina;Nardi, Cosimo;Bertolo, Silvia;Matucci-Cerinic, Marco;Colagrande, Stefano;
2020

Abstract

Lung imaging is widely involved in facing the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. In fact, the COVID-19 infection may lead to a rapidly evolving and potentially fatal pneumonia. Moreover, computed tomography (CT) can be more sensitive than the COVID-19 reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction test, especially at the beginning of the disease. Only patients with mild features consistent with COVID-19 infection, negative COVID-19 test, or positive COVID-19 test but at low risk for disease progression should avoid imaging. However, imaging becomes mandatory if respiratory symptoms worsen. A CT pattern classification has been designed to help both radiologists and clinicians. The typical pattern of COVID-19 is depicted by multifocal, bilateral, and peripheral ground-glass opacities (with or without consolidations or crazy paving) or findings of organizing pneumonia. Moreover, CT has demonstrated a prognostic role in patients with a diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia. Lung ultrasounds (LUS) are an emergent tool in the diagnosis of the disease. The adoption of LUS combined to chest X-rays in COVID-19 in pneumonia diagnosis is an interesting prospect that needs to be confirmed.
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Landini, Nicholas; Orlandi, Martina; Fusaro, Michele; Ciet, Pierluigi; Nardi, Cosimo; Bertolo, Silvia; Catalanotti, Vito; Matucci-Cerinic, Marco; Cola...espandi
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