COVID-19: Incidental Diagnosis by 18F-FDG PET/CT.
Clin Nucl Med
; 45(8): 659-660, 2020 Aug.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-623589
ABSTRACT
A 73-year-old man with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and no known malignancies was evaluated for back pain. MR examination showed lumbar spine compression fractures, and an F-FDG PET/CT scan was requested to assess for skeletal metastatic disease and potential detection of a primary neoplasm. The PET/CT examination revealed scattered FDG-avid pulmonary opacities with upper lobe preponderance highly suspicious for COVID-19. Real-time polymerase chain reaction testing of nasopharyngeal swabs confirmed the diagnosis.
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Main subject:
Pneumonia, Viral
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Coronavirus Infections
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Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
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Betacoronavirus
Type of study:
Case report
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Diagnostic study
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Experimental Studies
Topics:
Long Covid
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Clin Nucl Med
Year:
2020
Document Type:
Article
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