The role of imaging in the management of suspected or known COVID-19 pneumonia: A multidisciplinary perspective

Leonid Roshkovan*, Neil Chatterjee, Maya Galperin-Aizenberg, Narainder Gupta, Rosita Shah, Eduardo Mortani Barbosa, Scott Simpson, Tessa Cook, Arun Nachiappan, Friedrich Knollmann, Harold Litt, Benoit Desjardins, Saurabh Jha, Nova Panebianco, Cameron Baston, Jeffrey C. Thompson, Sharyn I. Katz

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an illness caused by a novel coronavirus that has rapidly escalated into a global pandemic leading to an urgent medical effort to better characterize this disease biologically, clinically, and by imaging. In this review, we present the current approach to imaging of COVID-19 pneumonia. We focus on the appropriate use of thoracic imaging modalities to guide clinical management. We also describe radiologic findings that are considered typical, atypical, and generally not compatible with COVID-19. Furthermore, we review imaging examples of COVID-19 imaging mimics, such as organizing pneumonia, eosinophilic pneumonia, and other viral infections.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1358-1365
Number of pages8
JournalAnnals of the American Thoracic Society
Volume17
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2020

Keywords

  • COVID-19
  • Chest radiography
  • Computed tomography
  • Coronavirus
  • Imaging

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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