Open AccessPulmonary contusion mimicking COVID-19: A case report
Author(s) -
Li–Ru Chen,
Zhengxin Chen,
Yangchun Liu,
Lei Peng,
Ye Zhang,
Quan Xu,
Qing Lin,
Yun-Ming Tao,
Hao Wu,
Sui Yin,
Yeji Hu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
world journal of clinical cases
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.368
H-Index - 10
ISSN - 2307-8960
DOI - 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i8.1554
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary contusion , vomiting , asymptomatic , nausea , chest pain , radiology , lung , auscultation , surgery
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a major public health emergency with obvious characteristics of human-to-human transmission, and there are infective asymptomatic carriers. Early identification and proper management of patients with COVID-19 are important. Features in chest computed tomography (CT) can facilitate identifying newly infected individuals. However, CT findings of some lung contusions are similar to those of COVID-19, as shown in the present case.