Atypical Presentation of COVID-19 Incidentally Detected at 18F-FDG PET/CT in an Asymptomatic Oncological Patient.
Clin Nucl Med
; 45(8): e383-e385, 2020 Aug.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-590994
ABSTRACT
The incidence of COVID-19, a severe acute respiratory syndrome caused by SARS-CoV-2, is rapidly growing worldwide. In this pandemic period, the chance of incidental pulmonary findings suggestive of COVID-19 at F-FDG PET/CT in asymptomatic oncological patients is not negligible. To suspect COVID-19 is more demanding whether its presentation is atypical. We describe the incidental PET/CT detection of an F-FDG-avid isolated centrilobular pulmonary consolidation in an asymptomatic lymphoma patient, which later resulted in an unexpected and atypical COVID-19 presentation. The nuclear medicine physicians should be prepared to suspect COVID-19 even in asymptomatic patients presenting with a "far-from-COVID-19" finding at PET/CT.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse
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Coronavirus Infections
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Betacoronavirus
Type of study:
Case report
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Observational study
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
English
Journal:
Clin Nucl Med
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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