Tag Archives: Chest

Chest CT findings in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pneumonia

A multi-center study (n=101) of the relationship between chest CT findings and the clinical conditions of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pneumonia — published ahead-of-print and open-access in the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) — determined that most patients with COVID-19 pneumonia have ground-glass opacities (GGO) (86.1%) or mixed GGO and consolidation (64.4%) and vascular enlargement in… Read More: Chest CT findings in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pneumonia »

X-ray reveals a perfect heart shape in a girl's chest after she swallowed a necklace

A heart-in-mouth moment: X-ray reveals a perfect heart shape in a girl’s chest after she swallowed a necklace A 3-year-old girl presented to an emergency department in San Diego A radiograph confirmed heart-shaped foreign body in the thoracic esophagus The patient was taken to the operating room to undergo rigid endoscopy By Peter Lloyd for… Read More: X-ray reveals a perfect heart shape in a girl's chest… »