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. 2021 Oct 6;10(1):60. doi: 10.1186/s43088-021-00150-7

Table 3.

CT image observations at different stages of the COVID-19 [49, 68]

Early-stage Progressive stage Advance stage

Localized lesions are mostly restricted to pleural or peribroncho-vascular regions of one lung or both lungs

Patchy pure GGOs

Focal GGOs

Vascular dilation

Consolidation

Stretch of pure GGOs

Bilateral peripheral GGOs

Vascular enlargement in lesions

The predominant lesion in the lower lung

Interlobular septal thickening, with crazy-paving patterns

Reticular marking in sub-pleural or peribroncho-vascular regions

Rare pleural effusion

Diffused lesions in both lungs and expansion of bilateral pulmonary lesions

Dense and enlarged consolidation

GGOs surrounding consolidation

Parenchymal bands

Pleural effusion