COVID-19: Incidental Diagnosis by 18F-FDG PET/CT.
Journal
Clinical nuclear medicine
ISSN: 1536-0229
Titre abrégé: Clin Nucl Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7611109
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Aug 2020
Aug 2020
Historique:
pubmed:
11
6
2020
medline:
14
7
2020
entrez:
11
6
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
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.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32520510
doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003154
pmc: PMC7315832
pii: 00003072-202008000-00022
doi:
Substances chimiques
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
0Z5B2CJX4D
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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