Lung Base Findings of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) on Abdominal CT in Patients With Predominant Gastrointestinal Symptoms.
case_series · Level IV
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Abstract
<b>OBJECTIVE.</b> 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. <b>CONCLUSION.</b> 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.
Medical subject headings
- Abdominal Pain
- Betacoronavirus
- Coronavirus Infections
- Lung
- Pneumonia, Viral