Review
Thorax CT Findings in Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Mehmet Atalar 1
, Halil Çaylak 2
, Dilara Atasoy 2
, Nazım Çetinkaya 2
, Ömer Tamer Doğan 3
, Enes Gül 1
, Halil Çaylak 2
, Dilara Atasoy 2
, Nazım Çetinkaya 2
, Ömer Tamer Doğan 3
, Enes Gül 1
1Department of Radiology, Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine, Sivas, Turkey
2Department of Radiology, Sivas Numune Hospital, Sivas, Turkey
3Department of Chest Diseases, Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine, Sivas, Turkey
2Department of Radiology, Sivas Numune Hospital, Sivas, Turkey
3Department of Chest Diseases, Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine, Sivas, Turkey
J Clin Pract Res 2021; 43(2): 110-115 DOI: 10.14744/etd.2020.25993
Abstract
Novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). COVID-19 has high mortality rates. It has become a severe pandemic worldwide. Real-time PCR testing is still the gold standard test method for the definitive diagnosis of COVID-19 despite the possibility of false negatives. Radiological imaging methods, especially computed tomography (CT), are important assistant methods in the diagnosis and management of the disease. This review presents the role of CT in COVID-19 pneumonia, its diagnostic accuracy, thorax CT findings of the disease and differential diagnosis.
Keywords: Coronavirus, computed tomography, lung, pneumonia.