The Many Faces of Covid-19: Organizing Pneumonia (OP) Pattern HRCT Features

G Rea; Tullio Valente; R Lieto; G Bocchini; E Marchiori; A Pinto; A Maglio; A Vatrella

doi:10.37825/2239-9747.1001

The Many Faces of Covid-19: Organizing Pneumonia (OP) Pattern HRCT Features

Transl Med UniSa. 2020 Oct 31:23:16-18. doi: 10.37825/2239-9747.1001. eCollection 2020 Oct.

Authors

G Rea¹, Tullio Valente¹, R Lieto¹, G Bocchini¹, E Marchiori², A Pinto³, A Maglio⁴, A Vatrella⁴

Affiliations

¹ Dipartimento di Radiologia, Ospedale Monaldi, A.O. dei Colli, Napoli, Italia.
² Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (RJ) Brazil.
³ Dipartimento di Radiologia, Ospedale CTO, A.O. dei Colli, Napoli, Italia.
⁴ Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia, Sezione Malattie Apparato Respiratorio, Università di Salerno, Salerno, Italia.

Abstract

Covid-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). On 30 January 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the outbreak of Covid-19 realizes a public health emergency of international concern. Because of the primary involvement of the respiratory system, chest CT is strongly recommended in suspected Covid-19 cases, for both initial and follow-up. We present the case of a Covid-19 patient, a 57-year-old man, with a typical HRCT course of OP reaction.

Keywords: Covid-19; GGO opacities; HRCT; interstitial pneumonia; organizing pneumonia.