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Rea G, Valente T, Lieto R, Bocchini G, Marchiori E, Pinto A, Maglio A, Vatrella A. The Many Faces of Covid-19: Organizing Pneumonia (OP) Pattern HRCT Features. Transl Med UniSa 2020; 23:16-18. [PMID: 33457315 PMCID: PMC8370531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/31/2023] Open
Abstract
Covid-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). On 30 January 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the outbreak of Covid-19 realizes a public health emergency of international concern. Because of the primary involvement of the respiratory system, chest CT is strongly recommended in suspected Covid-19 cases, for both initial and follow-up. We present the case of a Covid-19 patient, a 57-year-old man, with a typical HRCT course of OP reaction.
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Affiliation(s)
- G Rea
- Dipartimento di Radiologia, Ospedale Monaldi, A.O. dei Colli, Napoli, Italia
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- Dipartimento di Radiologia, Ospedale Monaldi, A.O. dei Colli, Napoli, Italia
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- Dipartimento di Radiologia, Ospedale Monaldi, A.O. dei Colli, Napoli, Italia
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- Dipartimento di Radiologia, Ospedale Monaldi, A.O. dei Colli, Napoli, Italia
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (RJ) Brazil
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- Dipartimento di Radiologia, Ospedale CTO, A.O. dei Colli, Napoli, Italia
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- Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia, Sezione Malattie Apparato Respiratorio, Università di Salerno, Salerno, Italia
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- Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia, Sezione Malattie Apparato Respiratorio, Università di Salerno, Salerno, Italia
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Rea G, Valente T, Lieto R, Bocchini G, Marchiori E, Pinto A, Maglio A, Vatrella A. The Many Faces of Covid-19: Organizing Pneumonia (OP) Pattern HRCT Features. Transl Med UniSa 2020. [PMID: 33457315 PMCID: PMC8370531 DOI: 10.37825/2239-9747.1001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Covid-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). On 30 January 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the outbreak of Covid-19 realizes a public health emergency of international concern. Because of the primary involvement of the respiratory system, chest CT is strongly recommended in suspected Covid-19 cases, for both initial and follow-up. We present the case of a Covid-19 patient, a 57-year-old man, with a typical HRCT course of OP reaction.
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Affiliation(s)
- G Rea
- Dipartimento di Radiologia, Ospedale Monaldi, A.O. dei Colli, Napoli, Italia
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- Dipartimento di Radiologia, Ospedale Monaldi, A.O. dei Colli, Napoli, Italia
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- Dipartimento di Radiologia, Ospedale Monaldi, A.O. dei Colli, Napoli, Italia
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- Dipartimento di Radiologia, Ospedale Monaldi, A.O. dei Colli, Napoli, Italia
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (RJ) Brazil
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- Dipartimento di Radiologia, Ospedale CTO, A.O. dei Colli, Napoli, Italia
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- Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia, Sezione Malattie Apparato Respiratorio, Università di Salerno, Salerno, Italia
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- Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia, Sezione Malattie Apparato Respiratorio, Università di Salerno, Salerno, Italia
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Rea G, Pignatiello M, Longobardi L, Barbieri A, Cappabianca S, Valente T. Diagnostic clues of organizing pneumonia: a case presentation. Quant Imaging Med Surg 2017; 7:144-148. [PMID: 28275568 DOI: 10.21037/qims.2016.12.03] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Gaetano Rea
- AO dei Colli - Monaldi Hospital, Department of Radiology, Via L Bianchi, 80131, Naples, Italy
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- Second University of Naples, Section of Radiology and Radiotherapy, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine "F. Magrassi, A. Lanzara" piazza Miraglia 2, 80138, Naples, Italy
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- Second University of Naples, UOC Clinic Pulmonology, Department of Pneumology and Oncology, Via L. Bianchi, 80138, Naples, Italy
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- Second University of Naples, Section of Radiology and Radiotherapy, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine "F. Magrassi, A. Lanzara" piazza Miraglia 2, 80138, Naples, Italy
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- Second University of Naples, Section of Radiology and Radiotherapy, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine "F. Magrassi, A. Lanzara" piazza Miraglia 2, 80138, Naples, Italy
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- AO dei Colli - Monaldi Hospital, Department of Radiology, Via L Bianchi, 80131, Naples, Italy
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Rea G, Perna F, Calabrese G, Molino A, Valente T, Vatrella A. Exogenous lipoid pneumonia (ELP): when radiologist makes the difference. Transl Med UniSa 2016; 14:64-8. [PMID: 27326397 PMCID: PMC4912340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Lipoid pneumonia is an uncommon disorder characterized by accumulation of lipid components into the interstitial and alveolar compartment. The usual classification distinguishes endogenous and exogenous and acute or chronic forms, related to the type of fats, the amount of damage and the time of exposure. We describe a case of exogenous lipoid pneumonia by inhalation of vaseline used for cleaning of the tracheostoma in a 63-year-old female, presenting as cough, worsening dyspnea in few weeks. The diagnosis was finally established with a re-evaluation of BAL with specific staining for lipids, revealing the presence of foamy macrophages lipids rich, according to HRCT findings.
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- G Rea
- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Respiratory Medicine Division, Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
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- Respiratory Medicine Division, Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
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- Respiratory Medicine Division, Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Monaldi Hospital, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy,Correspondence to Alessandro Vatrella,
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