- Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
- Vol: 50 Issue: 4
- Chest CT features of the novel coronavirus disease COVID-19
Chest CT features of the novel coronavirus disease COVID-19
Authors : Furkan Ufuk, Recep Savaş
Pages : 664-678
Doi:10.3906/sag-2004-331
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Publication Date : 9999-12-31
Article Type : Makaleler
Abstract :A new type of coronavirus 2019-nCoV is rapidly spreading worldwide and causes pneumonia, respiratory distress, thromboembolic events, and death. Chest computed tomography CT plays an essential role in the diagnosis of viral pneumonia, monitoring disease progression, determination of disease severity, and evaluating therapeutic efficacy. Chest CT can show important clues of 2019-nCoV disease also known as COVID-19 in patients with an appropriate clinic. Prompt diagnosis of COVID-19 is essential to prevent disease transmission and provides close clinical observation of patients with clinically severe disease. Therefore, radiologists and clinicians should be familiar with the CT imaging findings of COVID-19 pneumonia. Herein, we aimed to review the imaging findings of COVID-19 pneumonia and examine the critical points to be considered for imaging in cases with COVID-19 suspicion.Keywords : COVID-19, pneumonia, chest computed tomography, radiation, diagnosis