
Clinical features and chest CT findings of coronavirus disease 2019 in infants and young children
ZHOU Yun, YANG Gen-Dong, FENG Kai, HUANG Hua, YUN Yong-Xing, MOU Xin-Yan, WANG Li-Fei
Chinese Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics ›› 2020, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (3) : 215-220.
Clinical features and chest CT findings of coronavirus disease 2019 in infants and young children
Objective To study the clinical features and chest CT findings of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in infants and young children. Methods A retrospective analysis was performed for the clinical data and chest CT images of 9 children, aged 0 to 3 years, who were diagnosed with COVID-19 by nucleic acid detection between January 20 and February 10, 2020. Results All 9 children had an epidemiological history, and family clustering was observed for all infected children. Among the 9 children with COVID-19, 5 had no symptoms, 4 had fever, 2 had cough, and 1 had rhinorrhea. There were only symptoms of the respiratory system. Laboratory examination showed no reductions in leukocyte or lymphocyte count. Among the 9 children, 6 had an increase in lymphocyte count and 2 had an increase in leukocyte count. CT examination showed that among the 9 children, 8 had pulmonary inflammation located below the pleura or near the interlobar fissure and 3 had lesions distributed along the bronchovascular bundles. As for the morphology of the lesions, 6 had nodular lesions and 7 had patchy lesions; ground glass opacity with consolidation was observed in 6 children, among whom 3 had halo sign, and there was no typical paving stone sign. Conclusions Infants and young children with COVID-19 tend to have mild clinical symptoms and imaging findings not as typical as those of adults, and therefore, the diagnosis of COVID-19 should be made based on imaging findings along with epidemiological history and nucleic acid detection. Chest CT has guiding significance for the early diagnosis of asymptomatic children.
Coronavirus disease 2019 / Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 / Chest CT / Infant and young child
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