Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Outbreak in 2019: Computed Tomographic Findings in Two Cases

Korean J Radiol. 2020 Mar;21(3):365-368. doi: 10.3348/kjr.2020.0078. Epub 2020 Feb 11.

Abstract

Since the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV or officially named by the World Health Organization as COVID-19) outbreak in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China in 2019, there have been a few reports of its imaging findings. Here, we report two confirmed cases of 2019-nCoV pneumonia with chest computed tomography findings of multiple regions of patchy consolidation and ground-glass opacities in both lungs. These findings were characteristically located along the bronchial bundle or subpleural lungs.

Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus; Computed tomography; Severe acute respiratory infection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bronchi / diagnostic imaging*
  • COVID-19
  • China
  • Coronavirus Infections / diagnostic imaging*
  • Coronavirus Infections / pathology
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Fever / etiology
  • Humans
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging*
  • Male
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / pathology
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*
  • World Health Organization