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case_images: Chest X-rays and CT findings during the acute phase of COVID-19. . (A) Chest X-rays showing no abnormalities during the acute phase of COVID-19, (B) while CT revealed mild ground-glass opacities in the right lung (arrows). COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; CT, computed tomography
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case_images: Chest X-rays showed no abnormal findings, but chest CT revealed mild GGO in the right lung field (Figure 1).
case_images: Serial changes on chest radiography. . (A) Initial chest X-ray findings in a patient with COVID-19. (B) Five months after COVID-19 infection, bilateral infiltrates developed (arrows). (C) Eight months later, the infiltrates had progressed to involve the entire right lung field with associated pleural effusion (arrows). COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019
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case_images: Five months later, chest X-rays showed diffuse bilateral infiltrates (Figure 2), while chest CT revealed peripheral infiltrates, reticular changes, and traction bronchiectasis in both lungs (Figure 3). Follow-up chest X-rays showed progression of the extensive infiltrates in the right lung field, and pleural effusion (Figure 2).
case_images: Serial changes on chest CT images.. (A) Initially, there were no findings suggestive of pneumonia. (B) Five months later, bilateral diffuse infiltrates developed (arrows), which progressed to bronchiectasis and multiple lung cysts (arrows) eight months after the initial infection (C). CT, computed tomography
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case_images: Five months later, chest X-rays showed diffuse bilateral infiltrates (Figure 2), while chest CT revealed peripheral infiltrates, reticular changes, and traction bronchiectasis in both lungs (Figure 3). Subsequent chest CT demonstrated marked bilateral diffuse infiltrates, traction bronchiectasis, reticular changes, and cystic changes in the lungs (Figure 3).
case_images: Serial changes in the middle lung field on chest CT images.. (A) Image compared with the findings 5 months post-COVID-19 infection; (B) traction bronchiectasis and multiple lung cysts were more prominent in both lung fields eight months later (arrows). CT, computed tomography; COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019.
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