Abstract:Background. Patients with COVID-19 (COVID) may develop acute respiratory distress syndrome with or without sepsis, coagulopathy and visceral damage. While chest CT-scans are routinely performed in the initial assessment of patients with severe pulmonary forms, thymus involvement and reactivation have not been investigated so far.Methods. In this observational study, we systematically scored the enlargement of the thymus and the lung involvement, using CT-scans, in all adult patients admitted to the ICU for COV… Show more
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