Sarkodie Benjamin D, Mensah Yaw B
Department of Radiology, University of Ghana Medical School, Korle Bu, Accra.
Ghana Med J. 2020 Dec;54(4 Suppl):97-99. doi: 10.4314/gmj.v54i4s.14.
Computed Tomography (CT) scan of the chest plays an important role in the diagnosis and management of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. COVID-19 pneumonia shows typical CT Scan features which can aid diagnoses and therefore help in the early detection and isolation of infected patients. CT scanners are readily available in many parts of Ghana. It is able to show findings typical for COVID-19 infection of the chest, even in instances where Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RTPCR) misses the diagnosis. Little is known about the diagnostic potential of chest CT scan and COVID-19 among physicians even though CT scan offers a high diagnostic accuracy.
胸部计算机断层扫描（CT）在2019冠状病毒病（COVID-19，由新型冠状病毒SARS-CoV-2引起的疾病）的诊断和管理中发挥着重要作用。COVID-19肺炎具有典型的CT扫描特征，有助于诊断，从而有助于早期发现和隔离感染患者。CT扫描仪在加纳的许多地方都很容易获得。它能够显示出胸部COVID-19感染的典型表现，即使在逆转录聚合酶链反应（RTPCR）漏诊的情况下也是如此。尽管CT扫描具有很高的诊断准确性，但医生们对胸部CT扫描在COVID-19诊断方面的潜力了解甚少。
