Journal article
Asymptomatic COVID-19 Infection Detected on F-18-FDG PET/CT Scan Done for Multiple Myeloma
Clinical nuclear medicine, Vol.46(1), pp.e57-e58
01/01/2021
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003314
PMCID: PMC7740275
PMID: 32956130
Abstract
A 69-year-old woman with multiple myeloma came to our department for F-18-FDG PET/CT scan for routine surveillance. The patient denied any history of fever, cough, shortness of breath, or body aches. F-18-FDG PET/CT scan from vertex to knees was performed. PET/CT images revealed extensive peripheral ground-glass opacities showing intense FDG uptake (SUVmax 12) involving bilateral lower lobes. Possibility of an infective etiology including novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection was raised. The patient's oropharyngeal swab for COVID-19 by polymerase chain reaction amplification test came back positive for COVID-19 infection. The patient and her husband were advised home quarantine for 14 days.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Asymptomatic COVID-19 Infection Detected on F-18-FDG PET/CT Scan Done for Multiple Myeloma
- Creators
- Ravishankar Pillenahalli Maheshwarappa - Univ Iowa Hosp & Clin, Div Nucl Med, Iowa City, IA 52242 USAMichael Moore Graham - Univ Iowa Hosp & Clin, Div Nucl Med, Iowa City, IA 52242 USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Clinical nuclear medicine, Vol.46(1), pp.e57-e58
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- DOI
- 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003314
- PMID
- 32956130
- PMCID
- PMC7740275
- ISSN
- 0363-9762
- eISSN
- 1536-0229
- Number of pages
- 2
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2021
- Academic Unit
- Radiology; Radiation Oncology
- Record Identifier
- 9984312984502771
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