Objective

The aim of this case series is to describe our experience in diagnosis and management of oncological asymptomatic patients with COVID-19 who underwent 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 were administered an SARS-CoV-2 test in a COVID-dedicated center, while the fourth and fifth were tested in our institution, in accordance with a new internal procedure. The SARS-CoV-2 test yielded positive results in all five patients.

Conclusion

In this COVID-19 emergency, our task as radiologists and nuclear medicine physicians is to be able to identify imaging findings suggestive of the disease and to manage patients without overloading the hospital system.

中文翻译：

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无症状COVID-19患者的18F-FDG PET / CT：浸没的冰山表面。

目的

本病例系列的目的是描述我们在接受¹⁸ F-FDG PET / CT的无症状COVID-19肿瘤患者的诊断和治疗中的经验。

方法

从2020年3月9日至3月31日，我们确定了5例PET / CT结果可疑COVID-19，但无感染症状的患者。

结果

根据新的内部程序，前三名患者在COVID专用中心接受了SARS-CoV-2测试，而第四和第五名在我院进行了测试。SARS-CoV-2测试在所有五名患者中均产生阳性结果。

结论

在这次COVID-19紧急事件中，我们作为放射科医生和核医学医生的任务是能够识别暗示该病的影像学发现并在不使医院系统超负荷的情况下管理患者。