COVID-19: Incidental Diagnosis by 18F-FDG PET/CT. (August 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sinha, Partha; Sinha, Shyamashree; Schlehr, Evemarie; Schlehr, James M.
• Is Part Of: Clinical nuclear medicine. Volume 45:Number 8(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-08
• Subjects: COVID-19 -- PET/CT; Nuclear medicine -- Periodicals; Radioisotope scanning -- Periodicals; Nuclear Medicine -- Periodicals; 616.07575
• DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003154
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-9762

Abstract

Abstract : 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 18 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.