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Chest MRI of a pregnant woman with COVID-19 pneumonia
Author(s) -
Yuriy A. Vasilev,
Alexander V. Bazhin,
Amir G. Masri,
Yulia N. Vasileva,
Olga Yu. Panina,
В. Е. Синицын
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
digital diagnostics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2712-8962
pISSN - 2712-8490
DOI - 10.17816/dd46800
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , ionizing radiation , covid-19 , lung , pregnancy , radiology , respiratory system , radiation exposure , obstetrics , pathology , nuclear medicine , disease , irradiation , physics , biology , nuclear physics , infectious disease (medical specialty) , genetics
This paper presents a clinical case of a 39-year-old pregnant woman with respiratory signs of the novel coronavirus Covid-19 infection. Chest MRI showed bilateral lesions in basal segments. The PCR test was positive. A lung condition was assessed without loss of significant diagnostic information. Besides that, the absence of exposure to ionizing radiation allowed to avoid a high loading dose on the patient and the fetus. This case reveals potential opportunities of MRI in the diagnosis of pulmonary pathology without exposure to ionizing radiation, especially in patient risk groups (children, pregnant women, etc.).

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