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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sabawoon Mirwais, M.B.B.S, M.D.[2]

## Overview[edit | edit source]

The chest x ray findings in a suspected case of coronavirus infection can mimic the findings in pneumonia.

## X Ray[edit | edit source]

* The chest x ray findings in a suspected case of coronavirus infection can mimic the findings in pneumonia, which can include:

* Consolidation[1]
* Interstitial infiltration

* Chest x ray findings in patients infected with MERS-CoV include:
* Ground-glass opacity (the most common finding)[2]
* Consolidation
* Pneumothorax
* Involvement of all lung zones in advanced disease

### Images[edit | edit source]

Chest x ray of a patient infected with MERS-CoV. [3]

## References[edit | edit source]

1. ↑ Huang C, Wang Y, Li X, Ren L, Zhao J, Hu Y, Zhang L, Fan G, Xu J, Gu X, Cheng Z, Yu T, Xia J, Wei Y, Wu W, Xie X, Yin W, Li H, Liu M, Xiao Y, Gao H, Guo L, Xie J, Wang G, Jiang R, Gao Z, Jin Q, Wang J, Cao B (January 2020). "Clinical features of patients infected with 2019 novel coronavirus in Wuhan, China". Lancet. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30183-5. PMID 31986264.
2. ↑ Das KM, Lee EY, Al Jawder SE, Enani MA, Singh R, Skakni L, Al-Nakshabandi N, AlDossari K, Larsson SG (September 2015). "Acute Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus: Temporal Lung Changes Observed on the Chest Radiographs of 55 Patients". AJR Am J Roentgenol. 205 (3): W267–74. doi:10.2214/AJR.15.14445. PMID 26102309.
3. ↑ By US government employee - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/core/lw/2.0/html/tileshop_pmc/tileshop_pmc_inline.html?title=Click on image to zoom&p=PMC3&id=4650772_ciu63501.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=68221821

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