Radiology Case Reports (Oct 2020)

Incidental and simultaneous finding of pulmonary thrombus and COVID-19 pneumonia in a cancer patient derived to 18F-FDG PET/CT. New pathophysiological insights from hybrid imaging

  • Federico Ferrando-Castagnetto, MD,
  • Cristina Gamila Wakfie-Corieh, MD,
  • Alba María Blanes García, MD,
  • Martha García García-Esquinas, MD,
  • Rosa María Couto Caro, MD,
  • José Luis Carreras Delgado, PhD

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 10
pp. 1803 – 1805

Abstract

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Cancer patients require a careful clinical follow-up during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Although hybrid fluorine-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET/CT) is not routinely used in the management of COVID-19 patients, it could play a complementary role of other laboratory and radiological data in selected cases. We describe an asymptomatic cancer patient derived to 18F-FDGPET/CT with simultaneous findings of COVID-19 pneumonia and pulmonary thrombus, discussing its possible mechanisms and prognostic implications.

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