Incidental Finding of COVID-19 Lung Infection in 18F-FDG PET/CT: What Should We Do?
Clin Nucl Med
; 45(8): 649-651, 2020 Aug.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-608433
ABSTRACT
We report the case of an asymptomatic (no fever, no cough, no dyspnea) 80-year-old woman who had an F-FDG PET/CT scan for initial staging of Lieberkühnian adenocarcinoma located on anal canal. Chest analysis incidentally revealed bilateral diffuse patchy ground-glass opacity with mild increasing F-FDG uptake, consistent with incidental COVID-19 infection finding during the March 2020 pandemic. The infection was confirmed by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. It led us to improve patient flow and to undertake broader measures to avoid patient clinical issues and potential disease spreading.
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Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Coronavirus Infections
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Betacoronavirus
Type of study:
Case report
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Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Clin Nucl Med
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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