COVID-19 pneumonia: The first two chest CTs in the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute

Panyaros Kongpanya; Parichut Vongthawatchai; Priyanut  Atiburanakul; Nayot Panitanum; Patama Suttha

doi:10.46475/aseanjr.v21i2.79

Authors

Panyaros Kongpanya, M.D. Department of Radiology, Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute, Nonthaburi, Thailand
Parichut Vongthawatchai, M.D. Department of Radiology, Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute, Nonthaburi, Thailand
Priyanut Atiburanakul, M.D. Department of Radiology, Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute, Nonthaburi, Thailand
Nayot Panitanum, M.D. Department of Internal Medicine, Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute,Nonthaburi, Thailand
Patama Suttha, M.D. Department of Internal Medicine, Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute,Nonthaburi, Thailand

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46475/aseanjr.v21i2.79

Keywords:

COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Chest computed tomography, Ground glass opacity, Consolidation

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), continues to spread rapidly around the world. We reported the first two cases of COVID-19 pneumonia who had the chest computed tomography (CT) performed at the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute (BIDI). The chest CT findings in the two patients with COVID-19 pneumonia showed bilateral lung involvement, multifocal involvement, peripheral distribution, ground glass opacity (GGO), consolidation and GGO
with interlobular septal thickening (“crazy-paving” pattern). The chest CT findings in these patients are nonspecific and overlapped with other diseases.

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