Author: Boulvard Chollet, Xavier L.E.; Romero Robles, Leonardo G.; Garrastachu, Puy; Cabrera Villegas, Antonio; Albornoz Almada, M. Clara; Colletti, Patrick M.; Rubello, Domenico; RamÃrez Lasanta, Rafael; Delgado Bolton, Roberto C.
Title: (18)F-FDG PET/CT in Hodgkin Lymphoma With Unsuspected COVID-19 Cord-id: 2na2yw5m Document date: 2020_6_8
ID: 2na2yw5m
Snippet: We present an asymptomatic 70-year-old man referred for an (18)F-FDG PET/CT for initial staging of a Hodgkin lymphoma. (18)F-FDG PET/CT showed bilateral cervical lymphadenopathy (stage II). Incidentally, the CT demonstrated bilateral ground-glass opacities with low-grade (18)F-FDG activity. CT findings were suspicious for COVID-19 pneumonitis. The COVID-19 reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) examination result was negative. Given the high clinical suspicion for COVID-19, the
Document: We present an asymptomatic 70-year-old man referred for an (18)F-FDG PET/CT for initial staging of a Hodgkin lymphoma. (18)F-FDG PET/CT showed bilateral cervical lymphadenopathy (stage II). Incidentally, the CT demonstrated bilateral ground-glass opacities with low-grade (18)F-FDG activity. CT findings were suspicious for COVID-19 pneumonitis. The COVID-19 reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) examination result was negative. Given the high clinical suspicion for COVID-19, the patient was isolated and repeat RT-PCR was positive at 72 hours. RT-PCR may be falsely negative in early COVID-19 disease, even with positive CT findings.
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