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Incidental radiological findings suggestive of COVID-19 in asymptomatic patients
Marwa Romeih, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Faculty of Medicine, Helwan University, Cairo 11795, Egypt
Mary R Mahrous, Department of Radiodiagnosis, National Heart institute, Cairo 11795, Egypt
Mohamed El Kassas, Department of Endemic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Helwan University, Cairo 11795, Egypt
Author contributions: All authors equally contributed to this paper with conception and design of the work, literature review, drafting and critical revision, editing, and final approval of the final version of the manuscript.
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Corresponding author: Mohamed El Kassas, MD, MSc, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Endemic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Helwan University, Helwan, Cairo 11795, Egypt.
Received: February 1, 2021
Peer-review started: February 1, 2021
First decision: September 2, 2021
Revised: September 9, 2021
Accepted: December 23, 2021
Article in press: December 23, 2021
Published online: January 28, 2022
Processing time: 354 Days and 18.6 Hours
Peer-review started: February 1, 2021
First decision: September 2, 2021
Revised: September 9, 2021
Accepted: December 23, 2021
Article in press: December 23, 2021
Published online: January 28, 2022
Processing time: 354 Days and 18.6 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: Nowadays, the world is confronting a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic that has a major global influence on health, social, and economic issues. COVID-19 shows many different presentations with a wide range of severity. Because it is considered the most significant major health epidemic since that of the Spanish flu 100 years ago, the identification of all patterns of disease is extremely critical to protect the community and healthcare workers from such a highly contagious disease. Radiologists must be alert to recognize the different radiographic findings that suggest COVID-19, even in asymptomatic cases, in different imaging modalities.