COVID-19: case 24

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.