Lung ultrasound and computed tomographic findings in pregnant woman with COVID-19

2020-06-01
Kalafat, Erkan
Yaprak, E.
ÇINAR, GÜLE
VARLI, BULUT
Ozisik, S.
UZUN, ÇAĞLAR
AZAP, ALPAY
KOÇ, ASLI
Imaging modalities play a crucial role in the management of suspected COVID-19 patients. Before reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test results are positive, 60-93% of patients have positive chest computed tomographic (CT) findings consistent with COVID-19. We report a case of positive lung ultrasound findings consistent with COVID-19 in a woman with an initially negative RT-PCR result. The lung ultrasound-imaging findings were present between the negative and subsequent positive RT-PCR tests and correlated with CT findings. The point-of-care lung-ultrasound examination was easy to perform and, as such, could play an important role in the triage of women with suspected COVID-19. The neonatal swabs, cord blood and placental swab RT-PCR tests were negative for SARS-CoV-2, a finding consistent with the published literature suggesting no vertical transmission of this virus in pregnant women. Copyright (c) 2020 ISUOG. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
ULTRASOUND IN OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY

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Citation Formats
E. Kalafat et al., “Lung ultrasound and computed tomographic findings in pregnant woman with COVID-19,” ULTRASOUND IN OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY, vol. 55, no. 6, pp. 835–837, 2020, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/94881.