Diagnostic and Therapeutic Radiology of the GI Tract, Liver, and Pancreas in Patients with COVID

Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 2023 Mar;52(1):185-200. doi: 10.1016/j.gtc.2022.10.006. Epub 2022 Nov 2.

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pulmonary involvement has been extensively reported in the literature. Current data highlight how COVID-19 is a systemic disease, affecting many other organs, including the gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, and pancreatic organs. Recently, these organs have been investigated using imaging modalities of ultrasound and particularly computed tomography. Radiological findings of the gastrointestinal, hepatic, and pancreatic involvement in patients with COVID-19 are generally nonspecific but are nonetheless helpful to evaluate and manage COVID-19 patients with involvement of these organs.

Keywords: COVID-19; Computed tomography; Gastrointestinal findings; Hepatobiliary findings; Interventional radiology; Pancreatic findings; SARS-CoV-2; Ultrasound.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19 Testing
  • COVID-19*
  • Gastrointestinal Tract
  • Humans
  • Liver
  • Pancreas
  • Radiation Oncology*
  • SARS-CoV-2