COVID-19 pneumonia

Case contributed by Bahman Rasuli
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Fever and non-productive cough start from 5 days ago.

Patient Data

Age: 55 years
Gender: Male

Chest

x-ray

Patchy peripheral opacities are seen at the lung fields mid to lower zones.

Chest

ct

Bilateral multi-lobar peripheral ground-glass and consolidative opacities are seen in both lungs, mostly mid to lower zones.

Non-specific mediastinal lymph nodes.

Case Discussion

The RT-PCR COVID-19 assay was positive, so this patient was deemed to have COVID-19 pneumonia.

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