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Fig. 3 | BMC Infectious Diseases

Fig. 3

From: Differential diagnosis for suspected cases of coronavirus disease 2019: a retrospective study

Fig. 3

Chest computed tomography (CT) of patients in the 4 familial clusters. a & b The first familial cluster of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The chest CT of the husband and wife showed bilateral patchy shadows and grid-like interstitial change in the lower lobes and; c & d The second familial cluster of COVID-19. The chest CT showed a single ground-glass opacity (GGO) in the left lower lung near the pleura of the husband and multiple GGO near pleura in both lungs of the wife. e & f The third familial cluster of COVID-19. The chest CT showed multiple GGOs and consolidation near the pleural of the right lung of the husband and patchy shadows near the pleura in the right lung in the wife. g The son in the third familial cluster had multiple GGOs and patchy shadows in the left lung but the diagnosis could not be confirmed. h & i The fourth familial cluster of Mycoplasma pneumonia. Both father and son patients had centrilobular nodules, GGOs, consolidation together with bronchial wall thickening (indicated by arrows)

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