Open AccessComputed Tomography Manifestations of 5 Cases of the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pneumonia From Patients Outside Wuhan
Author(s) -
Tao Lu,
Hong Pu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of thoracic imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1536-0237
pISSN - 0883-5993
DOI - 10.1097/rti.0000000000000508
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , covid-19 , coronavirus , computed tomography , pandemic , disease , transmission (telecommunications) , radiology , viral pneumonia , ground glass opacity , virology , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak , adenocarcinoma , cancer , electrical engineering , engineering
Clinical, laboratory, and computed tomography (CT) findings of 5 cases of the novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia from patients outside of Wuhan were reviewed. The human-to-human transmission of the virus may explain the infection of the disease outside of Wuhan. CT examination is important in the early detection and follow-up of the disease. With a history of exposure or travelling, symptoms of fever and cough, and the typical CT manifestation such as ground-glass opacity with a peripheral distribution, we should also think of the possibility of the COVID-19 pneumonia in patients outside of Wuhan.