COVID-19 pneumonia: The first two chest CTs in the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute

Authors

  • Panyaros Kongpanya, M.D. Department of Radiology, Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute, Nonthaburi, Thailand
  • Parichut Vongthawatchai, M.D. Department of Radiology, Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute, Nonthaburi, Thailand
  • Priyanut Atiburanakul, M.D. Department of Radiology, Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute, Nonthaburi, Thailand
  • Nayot Panitanum, M.D. Department of Internal Medicine, Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute,Nonthaburi, Thailand
  • Patama Suttha, M.D. Department of Internal Medicine, Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute,Nonthaburi, Thailand

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46475/aseanjr.v21i2.79

Keywords:

COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Chest computed tomography, Ground glass opacity, Consolidation

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), continues to spread rapidly around the world. We reported the first two cases of COVID-19 pneumonia who had the chest computed tomography (CT) performed at the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute (BIDI). The chest CT findings in the two patients with COVID-19 pneumonia showed bilateral lung involvement, multifocal involvement, peripheral distribution, ground glass opacity (GGO), consolidation and GGO
with interlobular septal thickening (“crazy-paving” pattern). The chest CT findings in these patients are nonspecific and overlapped with other diseases.

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2020-08-30

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Kongpanya P, Vongthawatchai P, Atiburanakul P, Panitanum N, Suttha P. COVID-19 pneumonia: The first two chest CTs in the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute. ASEAN J Radiol [Internet]. 2020 Aug. 30 [cited 2024 Dec. 9];21(2):69-81. Available from: https://www.asean-journal-radiology.org/index.php/ajr/article/view/79

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