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Date Published: 19/02/2023
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v522i2.4354
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Vol. 522 No. 2 (2023)
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Nguyễn, V. S., Nguyễn, V. K. ., Đào, D. V., Trần, P. N. ., & Phạm , N. T. . (2023). IMAGING CHARACTERISTICS ON MULTI-SLICE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY OF PULMONARY LESIONS IN PATIENTS WITH POST-COVID-19. Vietnam Medical Journal, 522(2). https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v522i2.4354

IMAGING CHARACTERISTICS ON MULTI-SLICE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY OF PULMONARY LESIONS IN PATIENTS WITH POST-COVID-19

Văn Sang Nguyễn1,2,3,, Văn Kiên Nguyễn2, Danh Vĩnh Đào4, Phan Ninh Trần2,3,5, Ngọc Thạch Phạm 6
1 E hospital
2 Thai Nguyen University Of Medicine And Pharmacy
3 Medlatec hospital
4 Medlatec hospital\
5 Vietnam National Children's Hospital
6 Hanoi medical university

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Purpose: To analyze imaging characteristics of lung injury on multi-slice computed tomography in patients with post-COVID-19 at Medlatec hospital in 2022. Material and methods: Cross-sectional description of 1436 cases of post-COVID-19 examination at Medlatec hospital from March 2022 to September 2022, with 128-slice computed tomography. Results: The study was perfomed on 1436 patients (61.1% male, 38.9% female),  with average age of 39.3 ± 14.9 years old. The pulmonary lesions seen on CT scan were interstitial thickening (32.2%), ground glass opacity (17.3%), consolidation (8.4%), crazy-paving pattern (1.1%), bronchiectasis (9.5%), alveolar dilatation (8.2%), pulmonary vessel focal dilation (0.8%), subpleural bands (6.8%), honeycombing (0.6%), reversible halo/halo sign (0.1%). The average CT score of patients in the study group was 1.33±2.31 points, and that of the group with pulmonary lesions was 2.69±7.16 points. The age threshold at risk for post-COVID-19 lung damage was 38.5 years with a sensitivity of 63.5% and a specificity of 74.9%. Conclusions: High-resolution multi-slice computed tomography should be performed in all patients with post-COVID-19 persistent symptoms. Common lesions seen on CT scan are interstitial thickening, ground glass opacity. There are also fibrotic-like changes suggestive of post-COVID-19 pulmonary fibrosis.

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Pulmonary lesion, post-COVID-19, CT scan.

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