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Lung CT Segmentation to Identify Consolidations and Ground Glass Areas for Quantitative Assesment of SARS-CoV Pneumonia
Published on: December 19, 2020
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Organizing pneumonia associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Julián Mauricio Cortés Colorado1, Luisa Fernanda Cardona Ardila2, Natalia Aguirre Vásquez3
1Department of Internal Medicine. Universidad Javeriana de Cali, Colombia.
Radiology Case Reports
|June 28, 2021
Summary
Organizing pneumonia, a lung response to infections like SARS-CoV-2, shows specific imaging patterns. Early corticosteroid treatment, confirmed by biopsy, improves patient outcomes and prognosis.
Area of Science:
- Pulmonology
- Infectious Diseases
- Radiology
Background:
- Organizing pneumonia is a nonspecific pulmonary response pattern seen in various clinical settings, including viral infections.
- Classic radiological findings include peribronchovascular/peripheral ground glass opacities or consolidations, nodules, masses, and interstitial opacities.
Observation:
- A 62-year-old male with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia presented with slow clinical and radiological improvement.
- Organizing pneumonia was diagnosed via transbronchial biopsy and confirmed by imaging findings.
Findings:
- The patient showed a positive response to corticosteroid treatment.
- Diagnosis requires biopsy confirmation due to overlapping radiological features with bacterial coinfections.
Implications:
- Recognizing and treating organizing pneumonia with corticosteroids can lead to better patient prognosis and outcomes.
- Transbronchial biopsy is crucial for accurate diagnosis, differentiating it from other conditions like bacterial coinfection.
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