Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Patients With COVID-19

Gino Soldati; Gianfranco Giannasi; Andrea Smargiassi; Riccardo Inchingolo; Libertario Demi

doi:10.1002/jum.15338

Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound in Patients With COVID-19

Gino Soldati, Gianfranco Giannasi, Andrea Smargiassi, Riccardo Inchingolo, Libertario Demi

IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli

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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	https://doi.org/10.1002/jum.15338
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

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