Chohan Asad, Choudhury Saiara, Dadhwal Rahul, Vakil Abhay P, Franco Rene, Taweesedt Pahnwat Tonya
Pulmonary Medicine, Corpus Christi Medical Center, Corpus Christi, TX 78411, United States.
World J Radiol. 2022 Apr 28;14(4):104-106. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v14.i4.104.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) global pandemic can be a severe illness that leads to morbidity and mortality. With the increasing number of COVID-19 pneumonia survivors, several long-term changes may persist, including abnormal imaging of lung parenchyma. In addition to the clinical course, it is vital to follow up on pulmonary imaging during the post-infectious period, which is not routinely required in other common pulmonary diagnoses. Computed tomography (CT) scan of the chest is an effective and diagnostic tool for pneumonia which gives an insight into structural abnormalities within the lungs, complications, and possible progression of the disease. Several studies have monitored COVID-19 pneumonia and its complications using serial CT chest imaging from the initial phase of infection, hospitalization, and post-discharge. Nonetheless, long-term follow-up imaging data in post-COVID-19 is still limited. We have summarized the findings utilizing a systematic review of the literature regarding COVID-19 pneumonia imaging, including long-term follow-up.
2019年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）全球大流行可能是一种导致发病和死亡的严重疾病。随着COVID-19肺炎幸存者数量的增加，可能会持续出现一些长期变化，包括肺实质的影像学异常。除了临床病程外，在感染后阶段对肺部影像学进行随访至关重要，而这在其他常见肺部疾病诊断中并非常规要求。胸部计算机断层扫描（CT）是诊断肺炎的有效工具，可深入了解肺部结构异常、并发症及疾病可能的进展情况。多项研究通过在感染初期、住院期间及出院后对胸部进行系列CT成像，监测了COVID-19肺炎及其并发症。尽管如此，COVID-19后长期随访的影像学数据仍然有限。我们通过对有关COVID-19肺炎影像学（包括长期随访）的文献进行系统综述，总结了相关研究结果。
