COVID-19 pneumonia

Case contributed by Subhan Iqbal
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Fever, cough and shortness of breath on arrival patient saturation of oxygen was 75%

Patient Data

Age: 45 years
Gender: Unknown
x-ray

There is peripheral patchy air space opacification seen in both lung lower zones with diffuse ground-glass haze bilaterally.

Case Discussion

This is the initial plain film, raising suspicion of COVID-19 pneumonia. RT-PCR was sent which turned out to be positive. The patient was referred to a COVID-19 dedicated center for further treatment.

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