Incidental and simultaneous finding of pulmonary thrombus and COVID-19 pneumonia in a cancer patient derived to 18F-FDG PET/CT. New pathophysiological insights from hybrid imaging

• Main Authors: Federico Ferrando-Castagnetto, MD, Cristina Gamila Wakfie-Corieh, MD, Alba María Blanes García, MD, Martha García García-Esquinas, MD, Rosa María Couto Caro, MD, José Luis Carreras Delgado, PhD
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2020-10-01
• Series: Radiology Case Reports
• Subjects: Cancer; COVID-19; Pneumonia; Thrombus
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S193004332030340X
• ISSN: 1930-0433

Cancer patients require a careful clinical follow-up during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Although hybrid fluorine-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET/CT) is not routinely used in the management of COVID-19 patients, it could play a complementary role of other laboratory and radiological data in selected cases. We describe an asymptomatic cancer patient derived to 18F-FDGPET/CT with simultaneous findings of COVID-19 pneumonia and pulmonary thrombus, discussing its possible mechanisms and prognostic implications.