GÜlcan GÜCER ŞAHİN, Tuğba İlkem KURTOĞLU ÖZÇAĞALAYAN, Ömer ÖZÇAĞALAYAN, Hadi SASANI, Ayhan ŞAHİN

ATYPICAL CT FINDINGS AND CLINICAL CORRELATION OF COVID-19 PNEUMONIA

Aim: Our study aimed to evaluate the atypical CT findings and concomitant pathologies of COVID-19 pneumonia and clinical and laboratory findings and compare them with typical CT findings. Materials and Methods: A total of 69 patients were diagnosed with COVID-19, 14 of which were atypical (20.2%), and 55 of which were typical (79%) chest computed tomography (CT) findings. CT images and clinical and laboratory data of patients with atypical findings were retrospectively analyzed. Lesions of the typical and atypical group and CT severity scores were compared. Results: Atypical CT findings were centrilobular nodule, tree in bud, pleural effusion, lobar/segmental consolidation, bronchiectasis, pulmonary embolism, and mosaic attenuation by typical lesions with ground-glass opacity with/without consolidation. CT severity score was significantly higher in the atypical group (p

Covid -19 Pnömonisinin Atipik BT Bulguları ve Klinik Korelasyonu

Amaç: Çalışmamızın amacı COVİD-19 pnömonisinin atipik BT bulgularını, eşlik eden ek patolojileri klinik ve laboratuar bulgularıyla birlikte değerlendirmek ve tipik BT bulguları ile karşılaştırmaktır. Materyal ve Metot: Çalışmamıza 14’ü atipik (%20,2), 55’i tipik (%79) toraks bilgisayarlı tomografi (BT) bulguları olan COVID-19 tanısı almış toplam 69 hasta dahil edildi. Toraks BT görüntüleri, atipik bulguları olan hastaların klinik ve laboratuar verileri retrospektif incelendi. Tipik ve atipik grubun lezyonları ve BT şiddet skoru karşılaştırıldı. Bulgular: Atipik BT bulguları sentrilobüler nodül, tomurcuklanmış ağaç, plevral effüzyon, lober/segmenter konsolidasyon, bronşiektazi, pulmoner emboli ve mozaik atenüasyon olup, periferik dağılım gösteren buzlu cam opasitesi ve/veya konsolidasyon gibi tipik lezyonlara eşlik etmekteydi. BT şiddet skoru atipik grupta belirgin yüksekti (p

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