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Radiology Case Reports

Volume 15, Issue 10, October 2020, Pages 1803-1805
Radiology Case Reports

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

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Abstract

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.

Keywords

Cancer
COVID-19
Pneumonia
Thrombus

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Competing interest: The patient provided written informed consent for the PET/CT. No specific consent is available for publication. No personal data is presented in the hole text and/or figure, fulfilling anonymity standards.