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

European Journal of Hybrid Imaging

Fabiola Rizzuto¹  Annalisa Papa²  Francesco Cicone³  Giuseppe Lucio Cascini³  Chiara Pozzessere⁴ 

[1] Medical Oncology Unit, Hospital “Pugliese Ciaccio”, Catanzaro, Italy;Nuclear Medicine Unit, University Hospital “Mater Domini”, Catanzaro, Italy;Nuclear Medicine Unit, University Hospital “Mater Domini”, Catanzaro, Italy;Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, “Magna Graecia” University of Catanzaro, Viale Europa – 88100, Catanzaro, Italy;Radiology Unit, AUSL Toscana Centro San Giuseppe Hospital, Empoli, Italy;

关键词: COVID-19;    FDG PET/CT;    SARS-CoV-2;    Differential diagnosis;    Pneumonia;    Radiological features;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s41824-020-00088-6

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

Coronavirus 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.

【 授权许可】

CC BY