CT photos of coronavirus-affected lungs shared

February 3, 2020  13:46

Chinese doctors have posted CT photos of the lungs of a 33-year-old patient with the 2019-nCoV coronavirus.

Photos were published in the journal Radiology.

The patient worked in Wuhan, which is considered the epicenter of the outbreak, but six days before going to the hospital, she arrived in Lanzhou. During hospitalization, she had a fever and wheezing in her lungs. She was diagnosed with pneumonia caused by 2019-nCoV.

On the first day, CT showed multiple lesions in the patient's lungs. After three days of treatment, the affected area of ​​the lungs increased (image B) . That is, the patient's condition continued to deteriorate.

Photo: pubs.rsna.org

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