Review Article
Computed Tomography (CT) Imaging Features of Patients with COVID-19: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Table 2
CT imaging features of patients with COVID-19.
| CT findings | Number of studies | Number of patients (%) |
| Patterns of the lesion | | | Ground-glass opacity with consolidation | 60 | 768 (18%) | Ground-glass opacity | 60 | 2482 (65%) | Consolidation | 60 | 1259 (22%) | Crazy paving pattern | 24 | 575 (12%) | Reversed halo sign | 24 | 146 (1%) | Other signs in the lesion | | | Interlobular septal thickening | 23 | 691 (27%) | Air bronchogram sign | 23 | 531 (18%) | Distribution | | | Bilateral | 48 | 3952 (80%) | Unilateral | 48 | 641 (20%) | Right lung | 8 | 48 (62%) | Left lung | 8 | 29 (38%) | Number of lobes involved | | | One lobe | 13 | 278 (14%) | Two lobes | 13 | 299 (11%) | Three lobes | 13 | 250 (13%) | Four lobes | 13 | 212 (15%) | Five lobes | 14 | 384 (34%) | More than one lobe | 14 | 1145 (76%) | Lobe of lesion distribution | | | Left upper lobe | 14 | 731 (74%) | Left lower lobe | 20 | 504 (46%) | Right upper lobe | 19 | 455 (40%) | Right middle lobe | 15 | 326 (38%) | Right lower lobe | 17 | 784 (74%) | Other findings | | | Pleural effusion | 60 | 94 (1.6%) | Lymphadenopathy | 60 | 21 (0.7%) | Pulmonary nodules | 22 | 262 (9%) |
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