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RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2 done on 7/11/2020 (positive) and 6/11/2020 (negative).
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COVID-19 PCR test was taken through a nasopharyngeal swab and the specimen was negative for SARS-CoV-2 (Figure 1). The repeat PCR for COVID-19 turned out to be positive later in the day (Figure 1), and the blood cultures and urine culture that were taken turned out negative.
CT chest demonstrating extensive patchy consolidations with air bronchograms and GGOs, involving predominantly the right upper lobe and both lower lobes suggestive of COVID-19 pneumonia.
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CT chest-abdomen-pelvis done revealed extensive patchy consolidations with air bronchograms and ground glass opacities, involving predominantly the right upper lobe and both lower lobes suggestive COVID-19 pneumonia (Figure 2).
CT abdomen showing a markedly distended gallbladder with a transverse diameter reaching 4.6 cm, with an enhancing wall showing focal defects compatible with partial necrosis, surrounded by fat stranding and peri-vesicular fluid. Two adjacent hypodensities are seen in the liver, the largest measuring 1.2 cm x 1 cm, suggestive of pericholecystic abscesses.
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There were 2 adjacent hypodensities in the liver the largest measuring 1.2 cm x 1 cm suggestive of pericholecystic abscesses (Figure 3).