Laboratory-proven asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infection on (18)F-FDG PET/CT Miscellaneous
| Authors: | Krebs, S.; Petkovska, I.; Ho, A. L.; Ulaner, G. A. |
| Title: | Laboratory-proven asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infection on (18)F-FDG PET/CT |
| Abstract: | An 87-year-old man with primary salivary duct carcinoma and hepatic metastases was referred for restaging. F-FDG PET/CT demonstrated new FDG-avid ground-glass opacities with intralobular septal thickening in both lungs with a peripheral dominant distribution. This was interpreted as a pattern highly suggestive of COVID-19 pneumonia, and the referring physician was contacted. The patient was currently asymptomatic and without clinical evidence of active pneumonia. However, the patient tested positive for COVID-19 using real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. This case demonstrates that even asymptomatic outpatients undergoing PET/CT should be evaluated for radiologic findings suggestive of COVID-19 during this pandemic. |
| Keywords: | aged, 80 and over; case report; laboratories; diagnostic imaging; laboratory; fluorodeoxyglucose f 18; fluorodeoxyglucose f18; salivary gland tumor; salivary gland neoplasms; virus pneumonia; complication; salivary gland duct; pandemic; pneumonia, viral; very elderly; humans; human; male; coronavirus infections; positron emission tomography-computed tomography; positron emission tomography computed tomography; salivary ducts; betacoronavirus; coronavirus infection; pandemics |
| Journal Title: | Clinical Nuclear Medicine |
| Volume: | 45 |
| Issue: | 8 |
| ISSN: | 0363-9762 |
| Publisher: | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
| Date Published: | 2020-08-01 |
| Start Page: | 654 |
| End Page: | 655 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1097/rlu.0000000000003141 |
| PUBMED: | 32433161 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PMCID: | PMC7268849 |
| DOI/URL: | |
| Notes: | Image -- Export Date: 3 August 2020 -- Source: Scopus |
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