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. 2022 Jul 8;106(1):67. doi: 10.5334/jbsr.2714

Figure 2.

RT-PCR –, CO-RADS 5: This 56-year-old male patient had no comorbidity other than coronary artery disease. He presented to the emergency department with a fever of 38.4 degrees. He had no respiratory symptoms. There were no findings compatible with COVID-19 in laboratory parameters. RT-PCR test was negative, multifocal areas of ground glass and consolidation with bilateral pleural effusion were seen on chest CT taken in his emergency admission, and he was diagnosed with COVID-19 and hospitalized. It was evaluated as CO-RADS 5. PCR tests taken on the 1st, 5th, and 11th days of his hospitalization are also negative. The need for intensive care developed on the 11th day of his hospitalization, and he died on the 17th day

RT-PCR –, CO-RADS 5: This 56-year-old male patient had no comorbidity other than coronary artery disease. He presented to the emergency department with a fever of 38.4 degrees. He had no respiratory symptoms. There were no findings compatible with COVID-19 in laboratory parameters. RT-PCR test was negative, multifocal areas of ground glass and consolidation with bilateral pleural effusion were seen on chest CT taken in his emergency admission, and he was diagnosed with COVID-19 and hospitalized. It was evaluated as CO-RADS 5. PCR tests taken on the 1st, 5th, and 11th days of his hospitalization are also negative. The need for intensive care developed on the 11th day of his hospitalization, and he died on the 17th day.