We report the case of who has been hospitalized complaining about fever in the last 4 days. Laboratory data revealed lymphocytopenia and leucopenia with an elevation of C-reactive protein and positive real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Six days before this hospitalization, when the patient was asymptomatic, 18F-FDG PET/CT images were performed for the therapeutic control of liver metastases of colorectal cancer. Lung abnormality findings at 18F-FDG PET/CT images, unrelated to cancer metastases, but suspicious for viral infection, may suggest the presence of COVID-19 disease in its early phase before symptoms onset. Since PET/CT is more sensitive than CT scan in detecting host’s reaction, the added value of this technique could be monitoring disease progression and could be used as a biomarker of lung disease activity and therefore as an important tool for a better understanding of the factors that contribute to the progression of lung disease.
Early 18F-FDG PET/CT in COVID-19 / Cosma, L.; Sollaku, S.; Frantellizzi, V.; De Vincentis, G.. - In: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL IMAGING AND RADIATION ONCOLOGY. - ISSN 1754-9477. - (2020), pp. 671-673. [10.1111/1754-9485.13099]
Titolo: | Early 18F-FDG PET/CT in COVID-19 | |
Autori: | COSMA, LAURA (Primo) SOLLAKU, SAADI (Secondo) DE VINCENTIS, Giuseppe (Ultimo) | |
Data di pubblicazione: | 2020 | |
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Citazione: | Early 18F-FDG PET/CT in COVID-19 / Cosma, L.; Sollaku, S.; Frantellizzi, V.; De Vincentis, G.. - In: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL IMAGING AND RADIATION ONCOLOGY. - ISSN 1754-9477. - (2020), pp. 671-673. [10.1111/1754-9485.13099] | |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11573/1439987 | |
Appartiene alla tipologia: | 01i Case report |
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