Evolution of COVID-19 Pulmonary Fibrosis-Like Residual Changes Over Time - Longitudinal Chest CT up to 9 Months After Disease Onset: a Single-Center Case Series.
SN Compr Clin Med
; 4(1): 57, 2022.
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| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1702294
ABSTRACT
The aim of the study was to evaluate the temporal evolution of fibrotic-like pulmonary interstitial abnormalities secondary to Sars-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) pneumonia detected on chest-CTs of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 infection. We retrospectively reviewed chest-CTs obtained up to 9 months after disease onset in a group of patients with COVID-19 pneumonia and CT features suggestive of lung fibrosis at the first follow-up after hospital discharge. We observed a complete and unexpected resolution of all interstitial abnormalities, including reticulations and bronchial dilatation, in a period of about 6-9 months after discharge. Interstitial fibrotic-like changes detectable in the first months after COVID-19 pneumonia could be slowly or very slowly resolving but still completely reversible and probably secondary to an organizing pneumonia reaction.
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SN Compr Clin Med
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2022
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