Severe acute respiratory syndrome: radiographic and CT findings.
OBJECTIVE
We review the radiographic and CT findings in the lungs of 12 patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in an effort to describe the most common radiologic findings for this disease.


CONCLUSIONS
The most common radiographic findings of SARS patients at presentation are unilateral or bilateral ground-glass opacities or focal unilateral or bilateral areas of consolidation. In hospitalized SARS patients, the abnormalities tend to progress to bilateral air-space consolidation. CT may reveal parenchymal disease in patients whose radiographs show normal results.
Müller
Nestor L
NL
Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, 899 W. 12th Ave., Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada. nmuller@vanhosp.bc.ca
Ooi
Gaik C
GC
Khong
Pek Lan
PL
Nicolaou
Savvas
S
D000328:Adult; D001955:British Columbia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006723:Hong Kong / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D045169:Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed