Transient 18FDG-avid hilar lymph node on PET/CT imaging in asymptomatic COVID-19

Abstract

The most common features of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia on chest computed tomography imaging are ground glass opacity and consolidation. Mediastinal and hilar lymph node enlargement are less frequently observed. Herein, we present an unexpected finding of fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-avid hilar lymph node in an asymptomatic patient with COVID-19, and show that this is a transient phenomenon, subsiding on a follow-up FDG-PET/CT within 10 days.

Keywords

• Coronavirus disease-2019
• COVID-19
• Positron emission tomography
• Lymphadenopathy
• Case report
• Lymph node