The Valuable Role of Imaging Modalities in the Diagnosis of the Uncommon Presentations of COVID-19: An Educative Case Series
The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in late 2019 rapidly turned into a global pandemic. Although the symptoms of COVID-19 are mainly respiratory ones, the infection is associated with a wide range of clinical signs and symptoms. The main imaging modality in COVID-19 is lung computed...
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| description | The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in late 2019 rapidly turned into a global pandemic. Although the symptoms of COVID-19 are mainly respiratory ones, the infection is associated with a wide range of clinical signs and symptoms. The main imaging modality in COVID-19 is lung computed tomography (CT) scanning, but the diagnosis of the vast spectrum of complications needs the application of various imaging modalities. Owing to the novelty of the disease and its presentations, its complications—particularly uncommon ones—can be easily missed. In this study, we describe some uncommon presentations of COVID-19 diagnosed by various imaging modalities. The first case presented herein was a man with respiratory distress, who transpired to suffer from pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum in addition to the usual pneumonia of COVID-19. The second patient was a hospitalized COVID-19 case, whose clinical condition suddenly deteriorated with the development of abdominal symptoms diagnosed as mesenteric ischemia by abdominal CT angiography. The third patient was a case of cardiac involvement in the COVID-19 course, detected as myocarditis by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The fourth and fifth cases were COVID-19-associated encephalitis whose diagnoses were established by brain MRI. COVID-19 is a multisystem disorder with a wide range of complications such as pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, mesenteric ischemia, myocarditis, and encephalitis. Prompt diagnosis with appropriate imaging modalities can lead to adequate treatment and better survival. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-59f1d39b13aa4c1995ee9bf8f04a5c1f2025-08-20T03:34:31ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352021-01-01202110.1155/2021/72136277213627The Valuable Role of Imaging Modalities in the Diagnosis of the Uncommon Presentations of COVID-19: An Educative Case SeriesMohammadreza Khaleghi0Alireza Aziz-Ahari1Nahid Rezaeian2Sanaz Asadian3Amirsajjad Mounesi Sohi4Omid Motamedi5Shilan Azhdeh6Radiology Department, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranRadiology Department, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranRajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranRajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranRadiology Department, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranRadiology Department, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranRadiology Department, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranThe outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in late 2019 rapidly turned into a global pandemic. Although the symptoms of COVID-19 are mainly respiratory ones, the infection is associated with a wide range of clinical signs and symptoms. The main imaging modality in COVID-19 is lung computed tomography (CT) scanning, but the diagnosis of the vast spectrum of complications needs the application of various imaging modalities. Owing to the novelty of the disease and its presentations, its complications—particularly uncommon ones—can be easily missed. In this study, we describe some uncommon presentations of COVID-19 diagnosed by various imaging modalities. The first case presented herein was a man with respiratory distress, who transpired to suffer from pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum in addition to the usual pneumonia of COVID-19. The second patient was a hospitalized COVID-19 case, whose clinical condition suddenly deteriorated with the development of abdominal symptoms diagnosed as mesenteric ischemia by abdominal CT angiography. The third patient was a case of cardiac involvement in the COVID-19 course, detected as myocarditis by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The fourth and fifth cases were COVID-19-associated encephalitis whose diagnoses were established by brain MRI. COVID-19 is a multisystem disorder with a wide range of complications such as pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, mesenteric ischemia, myocarditis, and encephalitis. Prompt diagnosis with appropriate imaging modalities can lead to adequate treatment and better survival.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/7213627 |
| spellingShingle | Mohammadreza Khaleghi Alireza Aziz-Ahari Nahid Rezaeian Sanaz Asadian Amirsajjad Mounesi Sohi Omid Motamedi Shilan Azhdeh The Valuable Role of Imaging Modalities in the Diagnosis of the Uncommon Presentations of COVID-19: An Educative Case Series Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | The Valuable Role of Imaging Modalities in the Diagnosis of the Uncommon Presentations of COVID-19: An Educative Case Series |
| title_full | The Valuable Role of Imaging Modalities in the Diagnosis of the Uncommon Presentations of COVID-19: An Educative Case Series |
| title_fullStr | The Valuable Role of Imaging Modalities in the Diagnosis of the Uncommon Presentations of COVID-19: An Educative Case Series |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Valuable Role of Imaging Modalities in the Diagnosis of the Uncommon Presentations of COVID-19: An Educative Case Series |
| title_short | The Valuable Role of Imaging Modalities in the Diagnosis of the Uncommon Presentations of COVID-19: An Educative Case Series |
| title_sort | valuable role of imaging modalities in the diagnosis of the uncommon presentations of covid 19 an educative case series |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/7213627 |
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