Diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia in pregnant women: can we rely on lung ultrasound?

In the case report by Inchingolo et  al,1 the authors recommend lung ultrasound (US) examination as a diagnostic imaging tool for pregnant women with suspected coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The typical US findings of COVID-19 pneumonia, described by authors, are as follows: (1) a patchy distribution of interstitial artifactual signs (single or confluent vertical artifacts, small white lung regions), (2) an extended distribution of the previously mentioned interstitial artifactual signs to multiple areas of the lung surface, and (3) small subpleural consolidation (not described in this case report1).
Source: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology - Category: OBGYN Authors: Tags: Letter to the Editors Source Type: research