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Editor, Senior Moderator
Korean J Radiol
. 2020 Jul 17.
doi: 10.3348/kjr.2020.0687. Online ahead of print.
Halo, Reversed Halo, or Both? Atypical Computed Tomography Manifestations of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pneumonia: The "Double Halo Sign"
Antonio Poerio[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Matilde Sartoni[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Giammichele Lazzari[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Michele Valli[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Miria Morsiani[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Maurizio Zompatori[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
The epidemic of 2019 novel coronavirus, later named as coronavirus disease (COVID-19), began in Wuhan, China in December 2019 and has spread rapidly worldwide. Early diagnosis is crucial for the management of the patients with COVID-19, but the gold standard diagnostic test for this infection, the reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction, has a low sensitivity and an increased turnaround time. In this scenario, chest computed tomography (CT) could play a key role for an early diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia. Here, we have reported a confirmed case of COVID-19 with an atypical CT presentation showing a "double halo sign," which we believe represents the pathological spectrum of this viral pneumonia.
Keywords: Atypical CT manifestation; COVID-19 pneumonia; Case report; Chest CT; SARS-CoV-2.
. 2020 Jul 17.
doi: 10.3348/kjr.2020.0687. Online ahead of print.
Halo, Reversed Halo, or Both? Atypical Computed Tomography Manifestations of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pneumonia: The "Double Halo Sign"
Antonio Poerio[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Matilde Sartoni[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Giammichele Lazzari[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Michele Valli[SUP] 3 [/SUP], Miria Morsiani[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Maurizio Zompatori[SUP] 4 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 32729264
- DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2020.0687
Abstract
The epidemic of 2019 novel coronavirus, later named as coronavirus disease (COVID-19), began in Wuhan, China in December 2019 and has spread rapidly worldwide. Early diagnosis is crucial for the management of the patients with COVID-19, but the gold standard diagnostic test for this infection, the reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction, has a low sensitivity and an increased turnaround time. In this scenario, chest computed tomography (CT) could play a key role for an early diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia. Here, we have reported a confirmed case of COVID-19 with an atypical CT presentation showing a "double halo sign," which we believe represents the pathological spectrum of this viral pneumonia.
Keywords: Atypical CT manifestation; COVID-19 pneumonia; Case report; Chest CT; SARS-CoV-2.