Lung contusion mimicking COVID-19 pneumonia: A case report

Erenler AK *, Korkmaz Ü and Ergün EC

Affiliation for all authors: Hitit University, School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Çorum, Turkey.
 
Case Study
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2020, 06(02), 068-071
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2020.6.2.0115
 
Publication history: 
Received on 21 April 2020; revised on 04 May 2020; accepted on 09 May 2020
 
Abstract: 
In December 2019, a series of pneumonia cases of unknown origin were determined in Wuhan, China. The disease, then, was named as 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) and subsequently as COVID-19 officially by the World Health Organization (WHO). Its characteristics such as high infectivity and mortality makes COVID-19 a serious public health problem. It causes consumption of sources in healthcare facilities dealing with the disease. In this case report, we present you a patient admitted to our Emergency Department due to multiple trauma and whose computed tomography findings were confused with COVID-19 pneumonia.
 
Keywords: 
COVID-19; trauma; lung contusion; pneumonia
 
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