@article{Lu_Zhou_Mo_Song_Wei_Ding_2021, title={Characteristics of chest high resolution computed tomography images of COVID-19: A retrospective study of 46 patients}, volume={37}, url={https://www.pjms.org.pk/index.php/pjms/article/view/3504}, DOI={10.12669/pjms.37.3.3504}, abstractNote={<p><em><strong>Objective:</strong></em> To analyze the characteristics of chest high resolution computed tomography (CT) images of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).</p> <p><em><strong>Methods:</strong></em> This is a retrospective study analyzing the clinical records and chest high-resolution CT images of 46 consecutive patients who were diagnosed with COVID-19 by nucleic acid tests and treated at our hospitals between January 2020 and February 2020.</p> <p><em><strong>Results:</strong></em> Abnormalities in the CT images were found in 44 patients (95.6%). The lesions were unilateral in eight patients (17.4%), bilateral in 36 patients (78.3%), single in seven patients (15.9%), and multiple in 37 patients (84.1%). The morphology of the lesions was scattered opacity in 10 patients (21.7%), patchy opacity in 38 patients (82.6%), fibrotic cord in 17 patients (37.0%), and wedge-shaped opacity in two patients (4.3%). The lesions can be classified as ground-glass opacity in eight patients (17.4%), consolidation in one patient (2.2%), and ground-glass opacity plus consolidation in 28 patients (60.9%).</p> <p><em><strong>Conclusion:</strong></em> Most COVID-19 patients showed abnormalities in chest CT images and the most common findings were ground-glass opacity plus consolidation.</p> <p><em><strong>Abbreviations:</strong></em><br><strong>COVID-19:</strong> coronavirus disease 2019, <strong>CT:</strong> computed tomography,<br><strong>SARS-CoV-2:</strong> severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, <strong>RNA:</strong> ribonucleic acid.</p> <p><strong>doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.37.3.3504</strong></p> <p><em><strong>How to cite this:</strong></em><br>Lu Y, Zhou J, Mo Y, Song S, Wei X, Ding K. Characteristics of Chest high resolution computed tomography images of COVID-19: A retrospective study of 46 patients. Pak J Med Sci. 2021;37(3):840-845. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.37.3.3504</p> <p>This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.</p&gt;}, number={3}, journal={Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences}, author={Lu, Yibo and Zhou, Jingru and Mo, Yimei and Song, Shulin and Wei, Xue and Ding, Ke}, year={2021}, month={Mar.} }