- Image G was taken after 3 weeks of the appearance of symptoms with the presence of opacities forming a "web-like" structure
- Image H was taken after 4 weeks of the appearance of symptoms, indicating thickening of tissue between the lobes of the lungs
- Image I was taken after about 4.5 weeks of symptom onset and shows smaller opacities indicating that the lungs are healing

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 The figure shows representative images of the CT scans at different times after COVID-19 symptom onset in a 70 year-old woman with adenocarcinoma who had a part of the lung removed and in a 47 year-old man with nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

CT Scans of Cancer Patients 

Zhang, L., Zhu, F., Xie, L., Wang, C., Wang, J., Chen, R., . . . Zhou, M. (2020). Clinical characteristics of COVID-19-infected cancer patients: A retrospective case study in three hospitals within Wuhan, China. Annals of Oncology, 31(7), 894-901. doi:10.1016/j.annonc.2020.03.296
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0923753420363833

Clinical characteristics of COVID-19-infected cancer patients: a retrospective case study in three hospitals within Wuhan, China

- Images A and D show shrinkage in lung size after 1 day of showing symptoms from being infected with COVID-19
- Images B and E show the lungs having decreased oxygen input, as opacities are present, which is 10 days after symptoms appeared
- Images C and F depict fibers in the lower right lung after about 4 weeks from the onset of symptoms


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