Chest CT Shows Lung Abnormalities Two Years after COVID (IMAGE)

Radiological Society of North America

Chest CT Shows Lung Abnormalities Two Years after COVID

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Serial transverse CT scans in a 49-year-old female with critical COVID-19. (A) CT scan obtained on day 11 after onset of symptoms showed extensive ground-glass opacities (GGOs) bilaterally with foci of consolidation (*). (B) Scan obtained at 6-month follow up showed focal subpleural reticular lesions in the anterior segment of right upper lobe with traction bronchiectasis (white arrows). Scans obtained at 12-month follow up (C) and 2-year follow up (D) showed slow resorption of the bilateral GGOs but stable abnormalities in the right upper lobe. This patient complained of cough, expectoration, and exertional dyspnea and had moderate diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (62%) at 2-year follow up.

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