RoFo : Fortschritte auf dem Gebiete der Rontgenstrahlen und der Nuklearmedizin
Hamer, Okka Wilkea; Salzberger, Bernd; Gebauer, Johannes; Stroszczynski, Christian; Pfeifer, Michael.
Introduction
In December 2019 a clustering of pneumonia was reported for the first time in Wuhan, Hubei, China. A coronavirus was identified as the pathogen, which has since been given the name Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 is called COVID-19 which has since spread worldwide. In Germany, the numbers continue to increase, and the level of COVID-19 lethality in Europe cannot yet be accurately estimated. However, lethality appears to be particularly higher in older patients compared to seasonal influenza. Based on experience in China, computed tomography (CT) is very helpful in COVID-19 in that it can produce an image that is suggestive for diagnosis, and the sensitivity of CT is in some cases higher than that of the current gold standard, real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).
The aim of this article is to present a case with COVID-19 pneumonia and to provide an overview of the existing radiological literature on COVID-19.
Keywords
Clinical aspects, diagnosis, treatment