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Editor, Senior Moderator
Radiol Case Rep
. 2020 Dec 30;16(3):642-645.
doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2020.12.065. eCollection 2021 Mar.
Bilateral acute pulmonary embolism and Covid-19 pneumonia: CT findings
Francesco Messina[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Lorena Turano[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Grazia Calabrese[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Carmela Tebala[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Nicola Arcadi[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Since the widespread of acute respiratory syndrome infection caused by coronavirus-19, unenhanced computed tomography (CT) was considered a useful imaging tool commonly used in early diagnosis and monitoring of patients with complicated Covid-19 pneumonia. If there is clinical or laboratory suspicion of pulmonary embolism complicating Covid-19 pneumonia, CT angiogram of the pulmonary arteries may be necessary. Here we describe the case of a 52 years old man, affected by a high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome patient, with Covid-19 pneumonia, complicated by a bilateral massive acute pulmonary embolism. An unenhanced CT and then a CT pulmonary angiography were made, and the patient was immediately hospitalized and treated.
Keywords: Computed tomography pulmonary angiography; Ground-glass opacities (GGO); HRCT; Pneumonia; Pulmonary embolism; SARS-CoV-2.
. 2020 Dec 30;16(3):642-645.
doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2020.12.065. eCollection 2021 Mar.
Bilateral acute pulmonary embolism and Covid-19 pneumonia: CT findings
Francesco Messina[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Lorena Turano[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Grazia Calabrese[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Carmela Tebala[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Nicola Arcadi[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33437347
- PMCID: PMC7788491
- DOI: 10.1016/j.radcr.2020.12.065
Abstract
Since the widespread of acute respiratory syndrome infection caused by coronavirus-19, unenhanced computed tomography (CT) was considered a useful imaging tool commonly used in early diagnosis and monitoring of patients with complicated Covid-19 pneumonia. If there is clinical or laboratory suspicion of pulmonary embolism complicating Covid-19 pneumonia, CT angiogram of the pulmonary arteries may be necessary. Here we describe the case of a 52 years old man, affected by a high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome patient, with Covid-19 pneumonia, complicated by a bilateral massive acute pulmonary embolism. An unenhanced CT and then a CT pulmonary angiography were made, and the patient was immediately hospitalized and treated.
Keywords: Computed tomography pulmonary angiography; Ground-glass opacities (GGO); HRCT; Pneumonia; Pulmonary embolism; SARS-CoV-2.