| Literature DB >> 33288375 |
Anna Rita Larici1, Giuseppe Cicchetti1, Riccardo Marano2, Biagio Merlino1, Lorenzo Elia3, Lucio Calandriello4, Annemilia Del Ciello4, Alessandra Farchione4, Giancarlo Savino4, Amato Infante5, Luigi Larosa5, Cesare Colosimo1, Riccardo Manfredi1, Luigi Natale1.
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Year: 2020 PMID: 33288375 PMCID: PMC7718778 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2020.109364
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Radiol ISSN: 0720-048X Impact factor: 3.528
Predominant imaging findings of possible differential diagnosis with COVID-19 pneumonia occurring during outbreak.
| Diagnosis | Distribution | Imaging findings | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CXR | HRCT | ||||
| Infectious | Bacterial pneumonia | Lobar pattern | lobar or nonsegmental, | - opacity | - consolidations |
| Bronchopneumonia pattern | patchy/multifocal, | - nodules | - centrilobular nodules | ||
| Interstitial pneumonia pattern | patchy/multifocal, subpleural and peribronchovascular, | - peribronchial thickening | - GG opacities | ||
| Viral pneumonia | Nodular/ micronodular pattern | multifocal, bilateral | - nodular opacities | - well- or ill-defined nodules | |
| Bronchiolar pattern | patchy/multifocal, | - nodules | - centrilobular nodules | ||
| Interstitial pattern | patchy/multifocal, subpleural and peribronchovascular, bilateral | - interstitial opacities | - GG opacities | ||
| Non-infectious | Cardiogenic pulmonary edema | mid-basal lung predominance, | - blurring of the vessels | - GG opacities | |
| Acute exacerbation of fibrotic interstitial pneumonia | multifocal/diffuse, | - alveolar opacities | - new GG opacities in non-fibrotic areas | ||
| Drug-toxicity | patchy/multifocal/ | - interstitial opacities | - GG opacities | ||
| Aspiration | decumbent lung zones | - ill-defined alveolar opacities | - consolidations | ||
| Exogenous lipoid pneumonia | mid-basal lung predominance, patchy/multifocal, peribronchovascular | - interstitial-alveolar and/or alveolar opacities | - centrilobular GG opacities | ||
| Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage | mid lung predominance, | - alveolar opacities | - GG opacities | ||
CXR: chest X-ray; HRCT: high-resolution computed tomography; GG: ground glass.