%0 Journal Article %A Anwin Joseph Kavanal %A Santosh Ranjan Jena %A Rajender Kumar %A Chandan Krushna Das %A Sunil Kumar %A Bhagwant Rai Mittal %T 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? %D 2021 %R 10.2967/jnmt.121.262145 %J Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology %P 284-285 %V 49 %N 3 %X Incidental detection of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)–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–related lung changes on 18F-FDG PET/CT, interfering with the evaluation of metastatic lung lesions in a patient with renal cell carcinoma. %U https://tech.snmjournals.org/content/jnmt/49/3/284.full.pdf