CT abnormalities evocative of lung infection are associated with lower F-FDG uptake in confirmed COVID-19 patients.

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Date publication

août 2020

Journal

European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Dr JEULIN Hélène , Pr KARCHER Gilles , Pr MARIE Pierre-Yves , Pr VERGER Antoine

Tous les auteurs :
Bahloul A, Boursier C, Jeulin H, Imbert L, Mandry D, Karcher G, Marie PY, Verger A

Lien Pubmed

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32808079

Résumé

CT signs that are evocative of lung COVID-19 infections have been extensively described, whereas F-FDG-PET signs have not. Our current study aimed to identify specific COVID-19 F-FDG-PET signs in patients that were (i) suspected to have a lung infection based on F-FDG-PET/CT recorded during the COVID-19 outbreak and (ii) whose COVID-19 diagnosis was definitely established or excluded by appropriate viral testing.