Izzo Andrea, D’Aversa Lucia, Cerimoniale Giuseppe, Mazzella Giuseppe, Pergoli Pericle, Faiola Eugenio Leone, Di Pastena Francesca
U.O.C. Diagnostica per immagini – Ospedale “Dono Svizzero” Formia DEA I livello– Asl Latina
78-year-old female patient with acute respiratory distress transferred to the ICU from another hospital.
pO2 50%, no fever, tachypnea.
Chest radiography:
Diffuse interstitial markings with multiple bilateral alveolar consolidations, especially in the right lung.
CT
Diffuse ground-glass opacities with reticulation in a “crazy-paving” pattern, associated with alveolar consolidations in the dependent regions.
Her clinical conditions worsened; the patient died 6 days after.
