Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) represents a very heterogeneous disease. Some aspects of COVID-19 pneumonia question the real nature of ground glass opacities and its consolidative lesions. It has been hypothesized that COVID-19 lung involvement could represent not only a viral effect but also an immune response induced by the infection, causing epithelial/endothelial lesions and coagulation disorders. We report 3 cases of COVID-19 pneumonia in which contrast-enhanced ultrasound was suggestive of consolidations with perfusion defects, at least in part caused by ischemic or necrotic changes and not only by inflammatory or atelectasis events.
Original language | English |
---|---|
Pages (from-to) | 2483-2489 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine |
Volume | 39 |
Issue number | 12 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2020 |
Keywords
- contrast-enhanced ultrasound
- COVID-19
- lung ultrasound
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging