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World J Radiol. Aug 28, 2020; 12(8): 142-155
Published online Aug 28, 2020. doi: 10.4329/wjr.v12.i8.142
Review of radiographic findings in COVID-19
Audrey E Kaufman, Sonum Naidu, Sarayu Ramachandran, Dalia S Kaufman, Zahi A Fayad, Venkatesh Mani
Audrey E Kaufman, Sonum Naidu, Sarayu Ramachandran, Dalia S Kaufman, Zahi A Fayad, Venkatesh Mani, Department of Radiology, BioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Hess Center for Science and Medicine, New York, NY 10029, United States
Author contributions: Kaufman AE, Naidu S, Fayad ZA and Mani V were responsible for study design; Kaufman AE, Naidu S, and Kaufman DS were responsible for literature review and data compilation and analysis; Ramachandran S and Naidu S prepared the figures; Kaufman AE, Naidu S, Ramachandran S, Kaufman DS, Fayad ZA and Mani V edited the manuscript; Kaufman AE and Naidu S were responsible for manuscript preparation and formatting.
Conflict-of-interest statement: Authors declare no conflict of interests for this article.
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Corresponding author: Venkatesh Mani, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, BioMedical Engineering and Imaging Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, P O Box 1234, New York, NY 10029, United States. venkatesh.mani@mssm.edu
Received: June 3, 2020
Peer-review started: June 3, 2020
First decision: July 4, 2020
Revised: July 6, 2020
Accepted: August 16, 2020
Article in press: August 16, 2020
Published online: August 28, 2020
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Core Tip

Core tip: The world is presently confronting a global pandemic caused by a novel beta coronavirus. In hospitalized patients, coronavirus disease 2019 causes clinical lung disease with a range of severity. Plain chest radiography and chest computed tomography dominate the imaging landscape. Radiologists must be prepared to recognize the radiographic findings that often include bilateral and peripheral infiltrates on chest radiographs and bilateral and peripheral ground glass and consolidated opacities on computed tomography among other findings. The role of imaging as it relates to this disease is also covered.