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. 2020 Aug 14;263:127973. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127973

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

COVID-19 coronavirus disease is a causative agent of pneumonia and symptoms of the upper respiratory tract. The main coronavirus death cases occur mainly in older people, however they are reported as susceptible population: people with underlying noncommunicable diseases, chronic respiratory disease, cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes and obesity. a) Computed tomography and chest radiograph of a 70-year-old male high blood pressure and diabetes infected with SARS-CoV-2. Areas of opacity and ground glass and consolidation are observed with prominent involvement of the upper lobes of both lungs. b) Chest CT scan of an obese, 55-year-old man infected with SARS-CoV2. Areas of ground glass opacity, consolidations, and intralobular interstitial thickening are seen, with prominent involvement of the lower lobes of both lungs.