Table 2.
Organ System | Radiographic Findings |
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Cardiothoracic | Lower lobe and peripheral predominant opacities Ground glass opacities or consolidations in advanced disease Septal thickening Air bronchograms Crazy paving Pleural effusions Pulmonary embolism Heart strain Myocarditis Acute coronary syndrome |
Gastrointestinal | Bowel wall thickening Inflammation of adjacent mesenteric fat Small volume ascites Small bowel obstruction Mesenteric vessel occlusion and bowel ischemia |
Genitourinary | Enlarged, echogenic kidneys Renal infarcts – wedge-shaped parenchymal defects |
Neurologic/Neurovascular | Vasculitis pattern – punctate enhancement with extensive ischemic lesions Restricted diffusion throughout centrum semiovale, corpus callosum, basal ganglia, cerebellum Ischemic stroke Venous sinus thrombosis Hemorrhagic stroke PRES Microhemorrhages |
Vascular | Venous or arterial thrombus |