PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - R. Jain
AU  - M. Young
AU  - S. Dogra
AU  - H. Kennedy
AU  - V. Nguyen
AU  - E. Raz
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 Jul 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 1177--1178
VI  - 41
IP  - 7
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/41/7/1177.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/41/7/1177.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2020 Jul 01; 41
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.