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Emerg Radiol
. 2022 Nov 26.
doi: 10.1007/s10140-022-02105-6. Online ahead of print.
Interpretation of chest radiography in patients with known or suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection: what we learnt from comparison with computed tomography
Nicola Flor[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Stefano Fusco[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Ivana Blazic[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Marcelo Sanchez[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Ella Annabelle Kazerooni[SUP] 5 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Differently from computed tomography (CT), well-defined terminology for chest radiography (CXR) findings and standardized reporting in the setting of known or suspected COVID-19 are still lacking. We propose a revision of CXR major imaging findings in SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia derived from the comparison of CXR and CT, suggesting a precise and standardized terminology for CXR reporting. This description will consider asymptomatic patients, symptomatic patients, and patients with SARS-CoV-2-related pulmonary complications. We suggest using terms such as ground-glass opacities, consolidation, and reticular pattern for the most common findings, and characteristic chest radiographic pattern in presence of one or more of the above-mentioned findings with peripheral and mid-to-lower lung zone distribution.
Keywords: CORONAVIRUS disease-2019 (COVID-19); Chest X-ray; Computed tomography.
. 2022 Nov 26.
doi: 10.1007/s10140-022-02105-6. Online ahead of print.
Interpretation of chest radiography in patients with known or suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection: what we learnt from comparison with computed tomography
Nicola Flor[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Stefano Fusco[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Ivana Blazic[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Marcelo Sanchez[SUP] 4 [/SUP], Ella Annabelle Kazerooni[SUP] 5 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 36435951
- DOI: 10.1007/s10140-022-02105-6
Abstract
Differently from computed tomography (CT), well-defined terminology for chest radiography (CXR) findings and standardized reporting in the setting of known or suspected COVID-19 are still lacking. We propose a revision of CXR major imaging findings in SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia derived from the comparison of CXR and CT, suggesting a precise and standardized terminology for CXR reporting. This description will consider asymptomatic patients, symptomatic patients, and patients with SARS-CoV-2-related pulmonary complications. We suggest using terms such as ground-glass opacities, consolidation, and reticular pattern for the most common findings, and characteristic chest radiographic pattern in presence of one or more of the above-mentioned findings with peripheral and mid-to-lower lung zone distribution.
Keywords: CORONAVIRUS disease-2019 (COVID-19); Chest X-ray; Computed tomography.