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Table 4 Findings at initial chest CT and radiographic examination of pediatric patients hospitalized with COVID-19, Tehran, Iran, 2020

From: Children with SARS-CoV-2 infection during the novel coronaviral disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Iran: an alarming concern for severity and mortality of the disease

Findings

N

%

CT scan (n = 59)

 Normal

14

24

 Ground-glass opacities

35

59

 Consolidation

28

47

 Number of lobe involvement

  0

2

3

  1

9

15

  2

9

15

  3

7

12

  4

4

7

  6

2

3

 Diffuse

12

20

 Bilateral lung disease

31

53

 Pleural effusion

6

10

 Nodule

13

22

 Fibrosis

7

12

 Opacity distribution

41

69

Chest radiography (n = 60)

 Normal

29

48

 Consolidation

13

22

 Ground-glass opacities

23

38

 Central distribution

15

25

 Peripheral

21

35

 Diffuse distribution

12

20

 Lobe involvement

  0

6

10

  1

6

10

  2

7

12

  3

2

3

  4

2

3

 Diffuse

8

13

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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