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. 2020 Oct 1;40(6):1574–1599. doi: 10.1148/rg.2020200149

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Interstitial edema and pleural thickening in a 40-year-old man with COVID-19 who presented to the emergency department with hypoxia and dyspnea. (a) Gray-scale lung US image obtained in the longitudinal plane over the left lower lobe shows multiple (more than three) vertical echogenic bands (white arrows) extending from the pleural surface to the deeper portions of the lung, consistent with B-line artifacts, indicating subpleural interstitial edema. Note that the lung pleura is thickened and irregular (black arrow). (b) Corresponding AP chest radiograph shows multifocal bilateral patchy peripheral opacities (black arrows), with an area of consolidation (white arrow) in the left lower lobe with air bronchograms, which is indicative of organizing pneumonia. — Interstitial edema and pleural thickening in a 40-year-old man with COVID-19 who presented to the emergency department with hypoxia and dyspnea. (a) Gray-scale lung US image obtained in the longitudinal plane over the left lower lobe shows multiple (more than three) vertical echogenic bands (white arrows) extending from the pleural surface to the deeper portions of the lung, consistent with B-line artifacts, indicating subpleural interstitial edema. Note that the lung pleura is thickened and irregular (black arrow). (b) Corresponding AP chest radiograph shows multifocal bilateral patchy peripheral opacities (black arrows), with an area of consolidation (white arrow) in the left lower lobe with air bronchograms, which is indicative of organizing pneumonia.