Open AccessFrequent clinical and radiological manifestations of the Novel SARS-CoV-2: A review article
Author(s) -
Sultan Abdulwadoud Alshoabi,
Fahad Alhazmi,
Osamah M. Abdulaal,
Moawia Gameraddin,
Ali K Algaberi,
Abdullgabbar M. Hamid,
Kamal D. Alsultan,
Abdulrahman Alamri
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1985_20
Subject(s) - medicine , myalgia , radiological weapon , sore throat , vomiting , covid-19 , nausea , disease , coronavirus , ground glass opacity , radiology , pediatrics , infectious disease (medical specialty) , surgery , adenocarcinoma , cancer
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly infectious disease caused by the novel "severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2" (SARS-CoV-2) and is rapidly spreading worldwide. This review is designed to highlight the most common clinical features and computed tomography (CT) signs of patients with COVID-19 and to elaborate the most significant signs indicative of COVID-19 diagnosis. This review involved five original articles with both clinical and radiological features of COVID-19 published during Jan and Mar 2020. In this review, the most frequent symptoms of COVID-19 were fever and cough. Myalgia, fatigue, sore throat, headache, diarrhea, and dyspnea were less common manifestations. Nausea and vomiting were rare. Ground-glass opacity (GGO) was the most common radiological finding on CT, and mixed GGO with consolidation was reported in some cases. In addition, elevated C-reactive protein and lymphopenia are the pertinent laboratory findings of COVID-19. CT is an effective and important imaging tool for both diagnosis and follow-up COVID-19 patients with varied features, duration, and course of the disease. Bilateral GGOs, especially in the periphery of the lungs with or without consolidation, are the hallmark of COVID-19.