Not all that glitters is COVID! Differential diagnosis of FDG-avid interstitial lung disease in low-prevalence regions

European Journal of Hybrid Imaging - Tập 4 Số 1 - 2020
Anselmo Papa1, Chiara Pozzessere2, Francesco Cicone1, F. Rizzuto3, Giuseppe Lucio Cascini4
1Nuclear Medicine Unit, University Hospital “Mater Domini”, Catanzaro, Italy
2Radiology Unit, AUSL Toscana Centro San Giuseppe Hospital, Empoli, Italy
3Medical Oncology Unit, Hospital “Pugliese Ciaccio”, Catanzaro, Italy
4Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, “Magna Graecia” University of Catanzaro, Viale Europa – 88100, Catanzaro, Italy

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AbstractCoronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) is only one of the many possible infectious and non-infectious diseases that may occur with similar imaging features in patients undergoing [18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose (18FDG) monitoring, particularly in the most fragile oncologic patients. We briefly summarise some key radiological elements of differential diagnosis of interstitial lung diseases which, in our opinion, could be extremely useful for physicians reporting 18FDG PET/CT scans, not only during the COVID-19 pandemic, but also for their normal routine activity.

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