Journal of Trauma and Injury

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Pulmonary Contusion Similar to COVID-19 Pneumonia

  • Lee, Seung Hwan (Department of Trauma Surgery, Gachon University Gil Medical Center) ;
  • Hyun, Sung Youl (Department of Trauma Surgery, Gachon University Gil Medical Center) ;
  • Jeon, Yang Bin (Department of Trauma Surgery, Gachon University Gil Medical Center) ;
  • Lee, Jung Nam (Department of Trauma Surgery, Gachon University Gil Medical Center) ;
  • Lee, Gil Jae (Department of Trauma Surgery, Gachon University Gil Medical Center)
  • Received : 2020.06.04
  • Accepted : 2020.06.30
  • Published : 2020.06.30
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Abstract

The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has rapidly spread across the world and caused a pandemic. It can be transmitted by an infected person or an asymptomatic carrier and is a highly contagious disease. Prevention and early identification of COVID-19 are important to minimize the transmission of COVID-19. Chest computed tomography (CT) has a high sensitivity for detecting COVID-19, but relatively low specificity. Therefore, chest CT may be difficult to distinguish COVID-19 findings from those of other infectious (notably viral types of pneumonia) or noninfectious disease. Pulmonary contusion has also a lot of similarities on chest CT with COVID-19 pneumonia. We present trauma patients with pulmonary contusion whose CT scans showed findings similar to those of COVID-19, and we report our experience in the management of trauma patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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