COVID-19: Findings in nuclear medicine from head to toe.

Autor: Vaz N; Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115, United States. Electronic address: nborgesribeirovaz@bwh.harvard.edu., Franquet E; Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115, United States., Heidari P; Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St, Boston, MA 02114, United States., Chow DZ; Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St, Boston, MA 02114, United States., Jacene HA; Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115, United States., Ng TSC; Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit St, Boston, MA 02114, United States.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Clinical imaging [Clin Imaging] 2023 Jul; Vol. 99, pp. 10-18. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Apr 08.
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2023.04.003
Abstrakt: COVID-19 is a multisystemic disease, and hence its potential manifestations on nuclear medicine imaging can extend beyond the lung. Therefore, it is important for the nuclear medicine physician to recognize these manifestations in the clinic. While FDG-PET/CT is not indicated routinely in COVID-19 evaluation, its unique capability to provide a functional and anatomical assessment of the entire body means that it can be a powerful tool to monitor acute, subacute, and long-term effects of COVID-19. Single-photon scintigraphy is routinely used to assess conditions such as pulmonary embolism, cardiac ischemia, and thyroiditis, and COVID-19 may present in these studies. The most common nuclear imaging finding of COVID-19 vaccination to date is hypermetabolic axillary lymphadenopathy. This may pose important diagnostic and management dilemmas in oncologic patients, particularly those with malignancies where the axilla constitutes a lymphatic drainage area. This article aims to summarize the relevant literature published since the beginning of the pandemic on the intersection between COVID-19 and nuclear medicine.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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