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Fig. 6 | Insights into Imaging

Fig. 6

From: Emergency department CT examinations demonstrate no evidence of early viral circulation at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic—a multicentre epidemiological study

Fig. 6

Differential diagnoses identified with the patients’ level analysis before February 2020. a, b Fifty-one years old man with kidney transplant addressed to the emergency for couch, dyspnoea and inflammatory syndrome in September, 2019. Final diagnosis was influenza A virus. c, d Fifty years old woman without significant medical history addressed to the emergency for flu syndrome, dyspnoea and low oxygen saturation (92%). Final diagnosis was influenza A virus. e, f Twenty-six years old male with dyspnoea, cough, inflammatory syndrome and low oxygen saturation (93.5%), already treated with 4 days of amoxicillin. Final diagnosis was influenza A virus and Mycoplasma pneumonia co-infection. All CT images are in axial plan and lung kernel. They showed bilateral subpleural ground glass opacities (white arrowheads) possibly combined with intralobular reticulations (providing a crazy paving pattern) and band-like condensations

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