Early X-ray and CT appearances of severe acute respiratory syndrome: an analysis of 28 cases / 中华医学杂志(英文版)
Chinese Medical Journal
; (24): 823-826, 2003.
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the early X-ray and CT findings of patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Chest radiography and CT were performed in 28 patients with SARS within one to three days after onset of the disease. CT examinations included conventional spiral CT and high-resolution CT (HRCT). The radiographic and CT findings of these patients were analyzed retrospectively.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Abnormal CT findings were noted in all the patients, but abnormal chest radiographic findings in 17 cases (60.7%, 17/28). CT showed single small focal patchy opacities in 23 patients (82.1%, 23/28), including oval ground-glass opacities in 20 patients, lobular distribution ground-glass opacities in 2 and small patchy consolidation in one. Multi-focal ground-glass opacities were found in 2 patients and extensive opacities in three. In the 28 patients, a total of 31 lesions were found in the upper (7, 22.6%), middle (3, 9.7%), and lower lobes (21, 67.7%). The diameter of the lesions ranged from 20 to 35 mm.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The dominant feature of early SARS patients is focal patchy opacity in the lung, and oval small ground-glass opacities are the common morphological findings on CT.</p>
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Patología
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Diagnóstico por Imagen
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Radiografía Torácica
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Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X
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Síndrome Respiratorio Agudo Grave
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Diagnostic_studies
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Chinese Medical Journal
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2003
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