Pediatric COVID-19: Correlations between Clinical and Imaging Perspectives

Figure 1

Axial CT of the chest of two different patients with positive COVID-19 RT-PCR test. (a) A 4-year-old female was presented with fever and cough. CT shows a ground-glass opacity involving the left lower lobe, which is an indeterminate chest radiographic finding of pediatric COVID-19 pneumonia. The patient clinically improved and was discharged after 10 days. (b) A 7-month-old female with biliary atresia was presented with fever and respiratory distress. CT shows bilateral patches of consolidation (asterisk) associated with a ground-glass opacity (arrow), which are typical chest radiographic findings of pediatric COVID-19 pneumonia. The patient developed progressive shortness of breath and was transferred to the intensive care unit, was mechanically ventilated, and died.

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