@article {Kavanal284, author = {Anwin Joseph Kavanal and Santosh Ranjan Jena and Rajender Kumar and Chandan Krushna Das and Sunil Kumar and Bhagwant Rai Mittal}, title = {Effect of COVID-19 on 18F-FDG PET/CT: Is There a Need to Consider COVID-19 Status Before Planning 18F-FDG PET/CT for Oncologic Evaluation?}, volume = {49}, number = {3}, pages = {284--285}, year = {2021}, doi = {10.2967/jnmt.121.262145}, publisher = {Society of Nuclear Medicine}, abstract = {Incidental detection of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19){\textendash}related lung changes on 18F-FDG PET/CT images of oncology patients has been increasingly reported. Most of the case reports or series have stressed the retrospective diagnosis of COVID-19 with the help of 18F-FDG PET/CT lung findings. In this case report, we introduce a different aspect of COVID-19{\textendash}related lung changes on 18F-FDG PET/CT, interfering with the evaluation of metastatic lung lesions in a patient with renal cell carcinoma.}, issn = {0091-4916}, URL = {https://tech.snmjournals.org/content/49/3/284}, eprint = {https://tech.snmjournals.org/content/49/3/284.full.pdf}, journal = {Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology} }