• Yibo Lu, Jingru Zhou, Yimei Mo, Shulin Song, Xue Wei, and Ke Ding.
• Yibo Lu, Master of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Fourth People's Hospital of Nanning, Nanning 530031, China.
• Pak J Med Sci. 2021 May 1; 37 (3): 840-845.

ObjectiveTo analyze the characteristics of chest high resolution computed tomography (CT) images of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).MethodsThis is a retrospective study analyzing the clinical records and chest high-resolution CT images of 46 consecutive patients who were diagnosed with COVID-19 by nucleic acid tests and treated at our hospitals between January 2020 and February 2020.ResultsAbnormalities in the CT images were found in 44 patients (95.6%). The lesions were unilateral in eight patients (17.4%), bilateral in 36 patients (78.3%), single in seven patients (15.9%), and multiple in 37 patients (84.1%). The morphology of the lesions was scattered opacity in 10 patients (21.7%), patchy opacity in 38 patients (82.6%), fibrotic cord in 17 patients (37.0%), and wedge-shaped opacity in two patients (4.3%). The lesions can be classified as ground-glass opacity in eight patients (17.4%), consolidation in one patient (2.2%), and ground-glass opacity plus consolidation in 28 patients (60.9%).ConclusionMost COVID-19 patients showed abnormalities in chest CT images and the most common findings were ground-glass opacity plus consolidation.Copyright: © Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences.

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