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Radiol Case Rep
. 2021 Mar 24.
doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2021.03.044. Online ahead of print.
Pericardial and pleural effusion in an elderly woman with Covid-19 pneumonia: CT findings
Francesco Messina[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Lorena Turano[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Carmela Tebala[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Grazia Calabrese[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Nicola Arcadi[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Coronavirus-19 disease is an acute respiratory syndrome infection that primarily infects the lungs, and may extend to other organs such as the cardiovascular system. Here we describe the case of a 90-year-old woman, affected by heart failure (NYHA, class III), with bilateral Covid-19 pneumonia, complicated by pleural and pericardial effusion. An unenhanced Computed Tomography, urgently made, allowed to hospitalize and treat the patient, monitoring her clinical situations.
Keywords: Computed Tomography; Covid-19 pneumonia; Elderly; Pericardial effusion; Pleural effusion.
. 2021 Mar 24.
doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2021.03.044. Online ahead of print.
Pericardial and pleural effusion in an elderly woman with Covid-19 pneumonia: CT findings
Francesco Messina[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Lorena Turano[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Carmela Tebala[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Grazia Calabrese[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Nicola Arcadi[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 33777279
- PMCID: PMC7988447
- DOI: 10.1016/j.radcr.2021.03.044
Abstract
Coronavirus-19 disease is an acute respiratory syndrome infection that primarily infects the lungs, and may extend to other organs such as the cardiovascular system. Here we describe the case of a 90-year-old woman, affected by heart failure (NYHA, class III), with bilateral Covid-19 pneumonia, complicated by pleural and pericardial effusion. An unenhanced Computed Tomography, urgently made, allowed to hospitalize and treat the patient, monitoring her clinical situations.
Keywords: Computed Tomography; Covid-19 pneumonia; Elderly; Pericardial effusion; Pleural effusion.