Chest CT Findings after 4 Months from the Onset of COVID-19 Pneumonia: A Case Series
Luigi Urciuoli 1 and Elvira Guerriero 2
1 G. Criscuoli Hospital, S'Angelo dei Lombardi, Avellino, Italy
2 University “Federico II”, Naples, Italy
Citation: Urciuoli L, Guerriero E (2020) Chest CT Findings after 4 Months from the Onset of COVID-19 Pneumonia: A Case Series. SciTech Central COVID-19.
Received: November 11, 2020 Accepted: November 16, 2020 Published: November 16, 2020
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Although the reference standard for SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis is real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), computed tomography (CT) is recommended for both initial evaluation and follow-up. There is a growing body of published evidence about CT evolution during the course of COVID-19 pneumonia. Here we report six confirmed COVID-19 cases who underwent unenhanced chest CT on admission and after 4 months from the onset of symptoms. Chest-CT at first admission showed the typical CT features of COVID-19. Interestingly, the follow-up CT revealed the persistence of lung abnormalities in five cases even if all the patients were completely asymptomatic. Further studies are needed for a comprehensive understanding of the disease progression and of the resulting late imaging modifications.
KEYWORDS
COVID-19; Chest CT; Follow-up; 4 months
