Abstract
Some patients undergoing routine SPECT/CT and PET/CT examinations during the COVID-19 pandemic may incidentally reveal findings of COVID-19-associated pneumonia (C-19AP) on localizing CT. It is critical for nuclear medicine physicians to develop diagnostic skills for timely recognition of typical findings of C-19AP on a localizing CT. Furthermore, it is our responsibility to know the optimal practices for safely isolating and managing such patients while protecting the staff, other patients at the facility, family and/or friend accompanying the patients, and the public in general from risky exposure to COVID-19 sources. We offer several steps following an encounter suspicious of C-19AP.
MeSH terms
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COVID-19
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COVID-19 Testing
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Clinical Laboratory Techniques
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Coronavirus Infections / complications
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Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis
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Coronavirus Infections / diagnostic imaging*
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Coronavirus Infections / therapy
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Disease Management
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Humans
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Incidental Findings
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Lung / diagnostic imaging*
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Pandemics
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Pneumonia / diagnostic imaging*
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Pneumonia / etiology
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Pneumonia / therapy
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Pneumonia, Viral / complications
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Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis
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Pneumonia, Viral / diagnostic imaging*
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Pneumonia, Viral / therapy
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Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Computed Tomography / methods*
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Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Computed Tomography / standards
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Spine / diagnostic imaging