CT scan chest findings in symptomatic COVID-19 patients: A reliable alternative for diagnosis

Benjamin D. Sarkodie; Yaw B. Mensah

doi:10.4314/GMJ.V54I4S.14

CT scan chest findings in symptomatic COVID-19 patients: A reliable alternative for diagnosis

Benjamin D. Sarkodie, Yaw B. Mensah

Department of Radiology

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Abstract

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 (RT-PCR) 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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	97-99
Number of pages	3
Journal	Ghana Medical Journal
Volume	54
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4314/GMJ.V54I4S.14
Publication status	Published - 31 Dec 2020

Keywords

COVID-19
Computed tomography
Coronavirus disease 2019
RT-PCR: Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction

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