title: Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-Coronavirus Infection: A Case Report of Serial Computed Tomographic Findings in a Young Male Patient.
abstract: Radiologic findings of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), a novel coronavirus infection, have been rarely reported. We report a 30-year-old male presented with fever, abdominal pain, and diarrhea, who was diagnosed with MERS. A chest computed tomographic scan revealed rapidly developed multifocal nodular consolidations with ground-glass opacity halo and mixed consolidation, mainly in the dependent and peripheral areas. After treatment, follow-up imaging showed that these abnormalities markedly decreased but fibrotic changes developed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Dong-A University Hospital, Busan 49201, Korea.
authors.forename: Won Jin
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Dong-A University Hospital, Busan 49201, Korea.
authors.forename: Ki-Nam
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Dong-A University Hospital, Busan 49201, Korea.
authors.forename: Eun-Ju
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Dong-A University Hospital, Busan 49201, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyuck
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018352:Coronavirus Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005334:Fever / Q000821:virology; D005355:Fibrosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D065207:Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic / Q000379:methods*; D056910:Republic of Korea; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
keywords: CT; Clinical course; Middle East respiratory syndrome; Radiograph; Serial imaging finding