18F-FDG PET/CT findings of COVID-19: a series of four highly suspected cases

• Published in: European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging Vol. 47; no. 5; pp. 1281 - 1286
• Main Authors: Qin, Chunxia, Liu, Fang, Yen, Tzu-Chen, Lan, Xiaoli
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.05.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Cardiology; Computed tomography; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Diagnosis; Differential diagnosis; Fever; Fluorine isotopes; Imaging; Infection and inflammation; Infectious diseases; Infectivity; Lungs; Lymph nodes; Medical imaging; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Nuclear Medicine; Oncology; Orthopedics; Patients; Positron emission tomography; Radiology; Respiratory diseases; Short Communication; Signs and symptoms; Tomography; Tropism; Viral diseases; Viruses; COVID-19; Infection; SARS-CoV-2; Ground-glass opacities; F-FDG PET/CT; Consolidative opacities; Acute respiratory disease

Purpose The aim of this case series is to illustrate the 18 F-FDG PET/CT findings of patients with acute respiratory disease caused by COVID-19 in Wuhan, Hubei province of China. Methods We describe the 18 F-FDG PET/CT results from four patients who were admitted to the hospital with respiratory sym...