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Fig. 6 | Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Fig. 6

From: Post-COVID-19 pneumonia lung fibrosis: a worrisome sequelae in surviving patients

Fig. 6

A 60-year-old male patient presented to emergancy room by severe dyspnea; SpO2 was 79%. PCR was positive for COVID-19 and initial CT chest revealed CT-SS 19/25. He was admitted to ICU for 3 weeks. Follow-up MDCT chest axial (a,b), coronal (c), and sagittal (d) reconstruction was done 5 weeks later due to persistent hypoxia (SpO2 94%) and showed extensive pulmonary architecture distortion, thick fobrotic bands, and traction bronchiactatic changes denoting post-COVID-19 pulmonary fibrosis. He was discharged on oxygen home therapy, corticosteroid, and anti-fibrotic theray was given

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