TY - JOUR T1 - Surprise Diagnosis of COVID-19 following Neuroimaging Evaluation for Unrelated Reasons during the Pandemic in Hot Spots JF - American Journal of Neuroradiology JO - Am. J. Neuroradiol. SP - 1177 LP - 1178 DO - 10.3174/ajnr.A6608 VL - 41 IS - 7 AU - R. Jain AU - M. Young AU - S. Dogra AU - H. Kennedy AU - V. Nguyen AU - E. Raz Y1 - 2020/07/01 UR - http://www.ajnr.org/content/41/7/1177.abstract N2 - 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. ER -