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| Issue : 1 | Page : 122-126 |
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Frequent clinical and radiological manifestations of the Novel SARS-CoV-2: A review article
Sultan Abdulwadoud Alshoabi1, Fahad H Alhazmi1, Osamah M Abdulaal1, Moawia B Gameraddin1, Ali K Algaberi2, Abdullgabbar M Hamid3, Kamal D Alsultan1, Abdulrahman M Alamri1
1 Department of Diagnostic Radiology Technology, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University, Almadinah Almunawarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
2 Typical Diagnostic Center, Ibb Governorate, Republic of Yemen
3 Department of Radiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, United States American
Correspondence Address:
Prof. Sultan Abdulwadoud Alshoabi
Department of Diagnostic Radiology Technology, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University, Almadinah Almunawarah
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1985_20
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly infectious disease caused by the novel “severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2” (SARS-CoV-2) and is rapidly spreading worldwide. This review is designed to highlight the most common clinical features and computed tomography (CT) signs of patients with COVID-19 and to elaborate the most significant signs indicative of COVID-19 diagnosis. This review involved five original articles with both clinical and radiological features of COVID-19 published during Jan and Mar 2020. In this review, the most frequent symptoms of COVID-19 were fever and cough. Myalgia, fatigue, sore throat, headache, diarrhea, and dyspnea were less common manifestations. Nausea and vomiting were rare. Ground-glass opacity (GGO) was the most common radiological finding on CT, and mixed GGO with consolidation was reported in some cases. In addition, elevated C-reactive protein and lymphopenia are the pertinent laboratory findings of COVID-19. CT is an effective and important imaging tool for both diagnosis and follow-up COVID-19 patients with varied features, duration, and course of the disease. Bilateral GGOs, especially in the periphery of the lungs with or without consolidation, are the hallmark of COVID-19.
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