PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Jain, R.
AU  - Young, M.
AU  - Dogra, S.
AU  - Kennedy, H.
AU  - Nguyen, V.
AU  - Raz, E.
TI  - Surprise Diagnosis of COVID-19 following Neuroimaging Evaluation for Unrelated Reasons during the Pandemic in Hot Spots
AID  - 10.3174/ajnr.A6608
DP  - 2020 May 28
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/early/2020/05/28/ajnr.A6608.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/early/2020/05/28/ajnr.A6608.full
AB  - SUMMARY: During the height of the recent outbreak of coronavirus 19 (COVID-19) in New York City, almost all the hospital emergency departments were inundated with patients with COVID-19, who presented with typical fever, cough, and dyspnea. A small number of patients also presented with either unrelated conditions (such as trauma) or other emergencies, and some of which are now known to be associated with COVID-19 (such as stroke). We report such a scenario in 17 patients who were admitted and investigated with CT spine imaging and CT angiography for nonpulmonary reasons (trauma = 13, stroke = 4). Their initial work-up did not suggest COVID-19 as a diagnosis but showed unsuspected/incidental lung findings, which led to further investigations and a diagnosis of COVID-19.