scholarly journals FDG-PET/CT findings highly suspicious for COVID-19 in an Italian case series of asymptomatic patients

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (7) ◽  
pp. 1649-1656 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucia Setti ◽  
Margarita Kirienko ◽  
Serena Camilla Dalto ◽  
Manuela Bonacina ◽  
Emilio Bombardieri
Author(s):  
Hisataka Ito ◽  
Takashi Koyama ◽  
Yuichiro Kanie ◽  
Kozue Morioka ◽  
Moto Nakaya ◽  
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Abstarct Purpose The purpose of this study is to describe the characteristic MRI, CT, and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) findings of Wolffian tumor. Methods We reviewed preoperative images in four surgical cases of Wolffian tumor. MRI was available for review in all cases with additional diffusion-weighted images (DWI) in three, and contrast-enhanced images in two. CT was available in three. FDG-PET/CT was obtained in two. Results Two patients were asymptomatic, while the other two presented with acute abdomen. On MRI, all tumors were well-defined masses of increased signals on T2WI. Three tumors were solid, whereas the other was solid and cystic. The normal ipsilateral ovary was identified in two patients of reproductive ages, but not in two postmenopausal patients. Tumors in two patients presented with acute abdomen were complicated by hemorrhage. All three tumors evaluated on DWI showed high intensities. Contrast-enhanced images of MRI and CT showed homogeneous enhancement as the same degree as the myometrium. On CT, one tumor contained punctate calcifications. FDG-PET/CT showed moderate FDG accumulation. Conclusion Wolffian tumors may be typically solid extraovarian tumors occasionally associated with cysts and calcifications. Although they are benign, they mimic malignancy due to high intensities on DWI and increased FDG accumulation.


Author(s):  
Marzia Colandrea ◽  
Laura Gilardi ◽  
Laura Lavinia Travaini ◽  
Silvia L. V. Fracassi ◽  
Luigi Funicelli

Abstract Purpose: the aim of this case series is to describe our experience in diagnosis and management of oncological asymptomatic patients with COVID-19 submitted to 18F-FDG PET/CT.Methods: from March 9 to March 31, 2020, we identified 5 patients who had PET/CT findings suspicious for COVID-19, but no symptom of infection.Results: the first three patients performed SARS-CoV-2 test in a COVID-dedicated centre, while the fourth and fifth in our Institution, in agreement with a new internal procedure. The SARS-CoV-2 test yielded positive results in all five patients.Conclusions: in this COVID-19 emergency, our task as nuclear medicine physicians is to be able to identify imaging findings suggestive of the disease and to manage patients without overload the hospital system.


2016 ◽  
Vol 55 (01) ◽  
pp. N1-N3
Author(s):  
C. Ferrari ◽  
A. Niccoli Asabella ◽  
C. Altini ◽  
G. Rubini
Keyword(s):  
Fdg Pet ◽  
Pet Ct ◽  
18F Fdg ◽  

2021 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin Ferrell ◽  
Susan Sharp ◽  
Ashish Kumar ◽  
Michael Jordan ◽  
Jennifer Picarsic ◽  
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2013 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. e66-e73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aisheng Dong ◽  
Hui Dong ◽  
Yang Wang ◽  
Jing Gong ◽  
Jianping Lu ◽  
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2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (7) ◽  
pp. 635-639 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miyako Morooka ◽  
Kazuo Kubota ◽  
Yuji Murata ◽  
Hitoshi Shibuya ◽  
Kimiteru Ito ◽  
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