Outpatient incidental COVID-19

Case contributed by Ian Bickle
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Tired for the past 4 weeks with weight loss and reduced appetite. Malignancy?

Patient Data

Age: 55 years
Gender: Male

Bilateral peripheral focal groundglass change in both lower lobes.  No lobar consolidation.

Small volume mediastinal lymphadenopathy.

No pleural effusion.

Case Discussion

Typical COVID-19 appearances at the lung bases on a CT CAP undertaken to look for an occult malignancy in a primary care patient.

This was one of several cases of incidental COVID-19 changes in outpatients and primary care patients experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This highlights the large variability in symptoms experienced in those with this novel virus.

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