Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak: What the Department of Radiology Should Know

In December 2019, a novel coronavirus pneumonia emerged in Wuhan, China. Since then, this highly contagious COVID-19 has been spreading worldwide, with a rapid rise in the number of deaths. Novel COVID-19 –infected pneumonia (NCIP) is characterized by fever, fatigue, dry cough, and dyspnea. A variety of chest imaging features have been reported, similar to those found in other types of COVID-19 syndromes. The purpose of the present review is to briefly discuss the known epidemiology and the imaging findings of COVID-19 syndromes, with a focus on the reported imaging findings of NCIP.

Source: Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR - February 17, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Soheil Kooraki, Melina Hosseiny, Lee Myers, Ali Gholamrezanezhad Tags: Original article Source Type: research