CT Imaging Features of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

Chung M, Bernheim A, Mei X, et al. Radiology. 2020 Feb 4:200230. [CrossRef] [PubMed]

In a retrospective case series, chest CT scans of 21 symptomatic patients from China infected with the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) were reviewed. Typical CT findings included bilateral pulmonary parenchymal ground-glass and consolidative pulmonary opacities, sometimes with a rounded morphology and a peripheral lung distribution. Notably, lung cavitation, discrete pulmonary nodules, pleural effusions, and lymphadenopathy were absent. Follow-up imaging in a subset of patients during the study time window often demonstrated mild or moderate progression of disease, as manifested by increasing extent and density of lung opacities. Although nonspecific, these manifestations are similar to many other viral pneumonias.