Incidental Discovery of a COVID-19 Infection on a Reevaluation FDG PET/CT in a Patient Treated for Hodgkin Lymphoma

Clin Nucl Med. 2020 Aug;45(8):644-646. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003144.

Abstract

We report the results of F-FDG PET/CT in an asymptomatic case of COVID-19 infection. A 27-year-old woman underwent FDG PET/CT for revaluation of a stage IIIE B Hodgkin lymphoma after the fourth cycle of chemotherapy. It showed intense avid FDG subpleural mixed ground-glass and consolidative lesions, especially in the left lung. Because of this morpho-metabolic aspect and the epidemic context, a viral pneumopathy was suspected. The patient who was initially asymptomatic was admitted for fever 28 hours after the PET/CT. The nasopharyngeal swab was positive for COVID-19, and the outcome was favorable.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Betacoronavirus
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / complications
  • Coronavirus Infections / diagnostic imaging*
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Hodgkin Disease / complications*
  • Hodgkin Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / complications
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnostic imaging*
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • SARS-CoV-2

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18