%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