Abstract

Background: On the first of June, 2021, the total number of the registered cases of covid-19 by the Iraqi Ministry of Health was 1,201,352 , and the total number of deaths was 16375 patients. The aim of this paper is to describe chest CT-scan findings of an Iraqi patient who was observed early during June, 2021, and had symptomatic covid-19, but he didn’t need hospitalization.

Patients and methods: A forty-year old school teacher developed covid-19 disease with fever, fatigue, anorexia, and cough. The patient recovered after about two weeks.

Results: Chest CT-scan performed during first week of illness showed:                                      

(1) Multiple bilateral ground glass opacities.

(2) Atelectatic bands.

(3) Thickening of the interlobular septa.

(4) Vascular thickening.

Conclusion: The chest CT-scan findings in this Iraqi patient was rather typical of covid-19 disease and included the most commonly reported abnormality of ground-glass shadows