1. COVID-19 and Aspiration Pneumonia: Similar Pulmonary Findings with Different Diagnoses-a Pitfall in [18F]FDG PET/CT
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Martin W. Huellner, Virginia Liberini, Sara Dall’Armellina, Francesco Ceci, Francesca Giunta, Costanza Bachi, Federica Onesti, Serena Grimaldi, Carola Boccomini, Désirée Deandreis, Massimiliano Icardi, and University of Zurich
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myalgia ,Aspiration pneumonia ,[18F]FDG PET/CT ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,610 Medicine & health ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Pandemic ,Ab ingestis ,COVID-19 ,Pneumonia ,SARS-CoV-2 ,medicine ,Medical diagnosis ,business.industry ,virus diseases ,10181 Clinic for Nuclear Medicine ,medicine.disease ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Radiological weapon ,Fdg pet ct ,medicine.symptom ,business - Abstract
Since December 2019, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has become a worldwide pandemic. Especially in the centers most affected by the pandemic, symptoms (such as fever, cough, myalgia, or fatigue) and/or radiological signs (such as ground-glass opacity) typically related to COVID-19 often diverted clinicians’ attention from other diseases. Despite the urgency to recognize and cure SARS-CoV-2 infection, a plethora of differential diagnoses must be considered, and other diseases must be equally and promptly treated, as described in this case report.
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- 2021