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Contrast‐Enhanced Ultrasound in Patients With COVID ‐19
Author(s) -
Soldati Gino,
Giannasi Gianfranco,
Smargiassi Andrea,
Inchingolo Riccardo,
Demi Libertario
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.1002/jum.15338
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , pneumonia , coronavirus , atelectasis , lung , immune system , contrast (vision) , pathology , ultrasound , viral pneumonia , pandemic , immunology , disease , radiology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak , artificial intelligence , computer science
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) represents a very heterogeneous disease. Some aspects of COVID‐19 pneumonia question the real nature of ground glass opacities and its consolidative lesions. It has been hypothesized that COVID‐19 lung involvement could represent not only a viral effect but also an immune response induced by the infection, causing epithelial/endothelial lesions and coagulation disorders. We report 3 cases of COVID‐19 pneumonia in which contrast‐enhanced ultrasound was suggestive of consolidations with perfusion defects, at least in part caused by ischemic or necrotic changes and not only by inflammatory or atelectasis events.