1. Lung Base Findings of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) on Abdominal CT in Patients With Predominant Gastrointestinal Symptoms
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Avielle Siegel, J Ben Arevalo, Zachary J. Jarou, David M. Paushter, Abraham H. Dachman, Carla Harmath, and Paul J. Chang
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Adult ,Male ,Abdominal pain ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Pneumonia, Viral ,Disease ,medicine.disease_cause ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,Betacoronavirus ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Respiratory system ,Lung ,Pandemics ,Coronavirus ,SARS-CoV-2 ,business.industry ,COVID-19 ,General Medicine ,Emergency department ,Middle Aged ,Abdominal Pain ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Abdomen ,Radiology ,medicine.symptom ,Coronavirus Infections ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed ,business - Abstract
OBJECTIVE. This series of patients presented to the emergency department (ED) with abdominal pain, without the respiratory symptoms typical of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and the abdominal radiologist was the first to suggest COVID-19 infection because of findings in the lung bases on CT of the abdomen. CONCLUSION. COVID-19 infection can present primarily with abdominal symptoms, and the abdominal radiologist must suggest the diagnosis when evaluating the lung bases for typical findings.
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- 2020
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