Incidental findings of COVID-19 in F18-FDG PET/CT from asymptomatic patients with cancer in two healthcare institutions in Bogotá, Colombia

Alejandro Martí, Sarai Morón, Eliana González, Julián Rojas

Biomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud 2020 Oct 30

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COVID-19 is the viral infection caused by SARS-CoV-2 declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a pandemic. Patients with cancer have a higher risk to acquire the infection and worse prognosis as they have to attend more medical visits in healthcare institutions, receive medical and surgical treatments, and be subjected to diagnostic studies such as PET/CT in nuclear medicine services where the infection may be an incidental finding. We present here F18-FDG PET/CT (Positron Emission Tomography and Computed Tomography with 2-deoxy-2-[fluorine-18]fluoro-D-glucose), images with findings of COVID-19 from patients with different oncological conditions but no respiratory symptoms.

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Alejandro Martí, Sarai Morón, Eliana González, Julián Rojas. Incidental findings of COVID-19 in F18-FDG PET/CT from asymptomatic patients with cancer in two healthcare institutions in Bogotá, Colombia Biomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud. 2020 Oct 30;40(Supl. 2):27-33