Abstract
SUMMARY: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease with a high asymptomatic incidence. Asymptomatic infections within a population will inevitably lead to diagnosis via unrelated medical imaging. We report the case of an asymptomatic patient undergoing a spine CT examination for trauma who was incidentally found to have lung abnormalities later confirmed to be COVID-19. We aim to familiarize neuroradiologists with the spectrum of COVID-19 pulmonary manifestations that are likely to be observed on neck and spine CT imaging.
ABBREVIATIONS:
- COVID-19
- coronavirus disease 2019
- GGO
- ground glass opacities
- SARS-CoV-2
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome–coronavirus 2
- © 2020 by American Journal of Neuroradiology
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