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. 2020 Nov 23;11:118. doi: 10.1186/s13244-020-00933-z

Table 1.

CT findings of COVID-19 pneumonia and other infectious diseases

CT finding COVID-19 pneumonia Non-COVID viral pneumonia Bacterial pneumonia PJP Fungal pneumonia
GGO +++ ++ + +++ +
Consolidation ++ ++ +++ 0 +
Centrilobular nodular opacities −−− ++ ++ +
Crazy-paving ++ ++ + ++
Lesion distribution
 Peripheral +++ ++  +  + 0
 Lower zone +++ ++  +  + 0
Rounded morphology +++ + + −− ++
Cavitation −−− + ++
Pleural effusion −− + ++ 0 +
Lymphadenopathy −− + ++ 0 +

The most common findings of aforementioned disease groups are presented. Signs indicate the strength of relation between the CT finding and diagnosis; in a range of (+++) and (−−−); (+++) indicating the strongest association