Lung Ultrasound (LUS) in COVID-19 Pneumonia: Usefulness in Two Atypical Cases
Author(s) -
V. Giugno,
Giulia Di Marzio,
Andrea Domânico,
Esterita Accogli
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
european journal of case reports in internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.125
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 2284-2594
DOI - 10.12890/2020_001800
Subject(s) - medicine , lung ultrasound , covid-19 , pneumonia , ultrasound , lung , radiology , virology , outbreak , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Lung ultrasoundClinical experience and scientific articles have shown that patients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can be paucisymptomatic or asymptomatic at the time of diagnosis. In this paper, we will discuss two paucisymptomatic patients with blood tests suggestive for SARS-CoV-2 infection but with repeated negative nasopharyngeal swabs and without typical features of COVID-19 pneumonia on chest high-resolution computed tomography. In these cases, lung ultrasound helped to raise clinical suspicion of COVID-19 pneumonia and facilitate diagnosis.
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