Table 2.
Confident diagnoses achieved step by step.
| ID | First step | Second step | Third step | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual diagnosis of pulmonologists and radiologists | Group discussion between pulmonologists and radiologists | Group discussion between pulmonologists, radiologists, and pathologists | ||||||||
| Pulmonologists | Radiologists | Pulmonologists | Radiologists | Agreement | Pulmonologists + Radiologists | Pathologists | Agreement | MDT confident diagnosis | Final diagnosis (after the evaluation of all lung specimens and full autopsy) | |
| Output | Output | Output | Output | Output | Output | |||||
| 1 | Definite | Definite | Definite | Definite | Yes | Definite | Definite | Yes | Definite | COVID-19 pneumonia |
| 2 | Definite | Definite | Definite | Definite | Yes | Definite | Definite | Yes | Definite | COVID-19 pneumonia |
| 3 | Definite | Definite | Definite | Definite | Yes | Definite | Definite | Yes | Definite | COVID-19 pneumonia |
| 4 | Other | Probable | Other | Probable | No | Other/Probable | Other | Yes, partial | Other | Iatrogenic pneumonia |
| 5 | Probable | Probable | Probable | Probable | Yes | Probable | Definite | No | Probable | COVID-19 pneumonia & edema |
| 6 | Definite | Definite | Definite | Definite | Yes | Definite | Definite | Yes | Definite | COVID-19 pneumonia |
| 7 | Other | Probable | Other | Probable | No | Other/Probable | Probable | Yes, partial | Probable | COVID-19 pneumonia & squamous cell carcinoma |
| 8 | Definite | Definite | Definite | Definite | Yes | Definite | Definite | Yes | Definite | COVID-19 pneumonia |
| 9 | Other | Other | Other | Other | Yes | Other | Probable | No | Probable | COVID-19 pneumonia & bacterial pneumonia |
| 10 | Other | Probable | Other | Probable | No | Other/Probable | Other | Yes, partial | Other | COVID-19 pneumonia & bacterial pneumonia |
| 11 | Probable | Definite | Probable | Definite → Prob | Yes | Probable | Definite | No | Definite | COVID-19 pneumonia |
| 12 | Possible | Possible | Possible | Possible | Yes | Possible | Possible | Yes | Possible | Squamous cell carcinoma & foci of COVID-19 pneumonia |
| 13 | Definite | Probable | Definite → Prob | Probable | Yes | Probable | Definite | No | Definite | COVID-19 pneumonia |
| 14 | Probable | Probable | Probable | Probable | Yes | Probable | Probable | Yes | Probable | COVID-19 pneumonia & bacterial pneumonia |
| 15 | Possible | Possible | Possible | Possible | Yes | Possible | Possible | Yes | Possible | Malignant SFT & foci of COVID-19 pneumonia |
| 16 | Probable | Probable | Probable | Probable | Yes | Probable | Probable | Yes | Probable | COVID-19 pneumonia & Aspergillus bronchopneumonia |
| 17 | Probable | Probable | Probable | Probable | Yes | Probable | Probable | Yes | Probable | COVID-19 pneumonia & bacterial pneumonia |
| 18 | Definite | Definite | Definite | Definite | Yes | Definite | Definite | Yes | Definite | COVID-19 pneumonia |
| 19 | Definite | Other | Definite → Other | Other | Yes | Other | Other | Yes | Other | Aspiration and bacterial pneumonia |
| 20 | Probable | Probable | Probable | Probable | Yes | Probable | Probable | Yes | Probable | COVID-19 pneumonia & necrotizing granulomas |
| 21 | Definite | Definite | Definite | Definite | Yes | Definite | Definite | Yes | Definite | COVID-19 pneumonia |
| 22 | Probable | Definite | Probable | Definite → Prob | Yes | Probable | Probable | Yes | Probable | COVID-19 pneumonia & aspiration pneumonia |
| 23 | Probable | Definite | Probable | Definite → Prob | Yes | Probable | Probable | Yes | Probable | COVID-19 pneumonia & bacterial pneumonia |
| 24 | Definite | Na | Definite | Na | Na | Na | Possible | Na | Possible | Bacterial pneumonia & foci of COVID-19 pneumonia |
| 25 | Possible | Probable | Possible → Prob | Probable | Yes | Probable | Definite | No | Definite | COVID-19 pneumonia |
| 26 | Definite | Definite | Definite | Definite | Yes | Definite | Definite | Yes | Definite | COVID-19 pneumonia |
| 27 | Probable | Probable | Probable | Probable | Yes | Probable | Probable | Yes | Probable | COVID-19 pneumonia & breast cancer metastasis |
na, not available; MDT, multidisciplinary team; Prob, probable; SFT, solitary fibrous tumor.