Lung Ultrasound (LUS) in COVID-19 Pneumonia: Usefulness in Two Atypical Cases

Lung Ultrasound (LUS) in COVID-19 Pneumonia: Usefulness in Two Atypical Cases

Vincenza Giugno, Giulia Di Marzio, Andrea Domanico, Esterita Accogli

Clinical experience and scientific articles have shown that patients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can be paucisymptomatic or asymptomatic at the time of diagnosis. In this paper, we will discuss two paucisymptomatic patients with blood tests suggestive for SARS-CoV-2 infection but with repeated negative nasopharyngeal swabs and without typical features of COVID-19 pneumonia on chest high-resolution computed tomography. In these cases, lung ultrasound helped to raise clinical suspicion of COVID-19 pneumonia and facilitate diagnosis.

2020

covid-19, pneumonia, lung ultrasound, Coronavirus disease 2019, nasopharyngeal swab, HRCT, LUS, High resolution computed tomography, NS

10.12890/2020_001800

Epidemiology and Health

Korean Society of Epidemiology

Medicine