Open AccessMultiple pneumatoceles and diffuse ground‐glass opacities in a 20‐month‐old boy with COVID ‐19 pneumonia
Author(s) -
Özgür Cihan,
Doğan Caner
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
respirology case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2051-3380
DOI - 10.1002/rcr2.842
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumatocele , asymptomatic , covid-19 , pneumonia , pandemic , computed tomography , radiology , coronavirus , radiological weapon , radiological imaging , disease , dermatology , pediatrics , pathology , surgery , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak
Key message Chest computed tomography characteristics of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) in paediatric patients have been reported to be atypical and different compared to adults. Although pneumatocele has not been reported in paediatric COVID‐19 pneumonia cases in the literature, physician should be familiar with atypical imaging findings.