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Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) imaging features overlap with SARS and MERS

47-year-old Chinese man with 2-day history of fever, chills, productive cough, sneezing, and fatigue who presented to emergency department. (Courtesy of Liu M, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China)
B, Initial CT images obtained show small round areas of mixed ground-glass opacity and consolidation (rectangles) at level of aortic arch (A) and ventricles (B) in right and left lower lobe posterior zones.

COVID-19’s imaging features are variable and nonspecific, but the imaging findings reported thus far do show...

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