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cord-282753-uw3r6q45	Goldberg-Stein, Shlomit	Abdominopelvic CT findings in patients with novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)	2020-08-06		.txt	text/plain	3757	183	39	The goal of this study was to quantify the frequency of positive findings on abdominopelvic CT in COVID-positive patients, and to identify clinical factors associated with positive findings to assist with imaging triage. Younger age, male gender, and lower hemoglobin were associated with higher odds of having reportable positive abdominopelvic CT findings. A single recent preliminary report on abdominopelvic imaging findings in COVID-positive patients revealed a pattern of bowel wall thickening and fluid-filled colon in 31% of CTs, indicative/suggestive of diarrhea [10] . Our report further supports this concept noting that lung parenchymal findings may indeed be the only indication of COVID-19 infection on abdominopelvic CT in patients presenting with abdominal symptoms. In our study, the frequency of abdominal pain as the exam clinical indication was higher in patients with no reported positive abdominopelvic findings. Conversely, a prospective case-control US-based study demonstrated that male sex was independently associated with a positive COVID test in patients presenting with GI symptoms [23] .	./cache/cord-282753-uw3r6q45.txt	./txt/cord-282753-uw3r6q45.txt