Chronic Chest CT Findings following COVID-19 pneumonia

Stephan Altmayer; Ann N Leung; Guilherme Strieder de Oliveira; Joice Prodigios; Pratik Patel; Tan-Lucien Mohammed; Nupur Verma; Bruno Hochhegger

doi:10.1053/j.sult.2024.02.008

Chronic Chest CT Findings following COVID-19 pneumonia

Semin Ultrasound CT MR. 2024 May 2:S0887-2171(24)00015-5. doi: 10.1053/j.sult.2024.02.008. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Stephan Altmayer¹, Ann N Leung², Guilherme Strieder de Oliveira³, Joice Prodigios⁴, Pratik Patel⁴, Tan-Lucien Mohammed⁵, Nupur Verma⁶, Bruno Hochhegger⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA. Electronic address: stephanaltmayer@gmail.com.
² Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
³ Department of Radiology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
⁴ Department of Radiology, University of Florida Gainesville, Gainesville, FL.
⁵ Department of Radiology, New Yok University - Langone Medical Center, New York.
⁶ Department of Radiology, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA.

PMID: 38704055
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2024.02.008

Abstract

Respiratory symptoms are a frequent manifestation of patients with post-acute sequela of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC), also known as long-COVID. Many cohorts of predominantly hospitalized patients have shown that a significant subset may have persistent chest CT findings for more than 12 months after the acute infection. Proper understanding of the evolving long-term imaging findings and terminology is crucial for accurate imaging interpretation and patient care. The goal of this article is to review the chronic chest CT findings of patients with PASC and common pitfalls.

Keywords: COVID-19; PASC; computed tomography; long-COVID.