Prevalence of interstitial pneumonia suggestive of COVID-19 at 18F-FDG PET/CT in oncological asymptomatic patients in a high prevalence country during pandemic period: a national multi-centric retrospective study
- Albano D.
- Bertagna F.
- Alongi P.
- Baldari S.
- Baldoncini A.
- Bartolomei M.
- Boccaletto F.
- Boero M.
- Borsatti E.
- Bruno A.
- Burroni L.
- Capoccetti F.
- Castellani M.
- Cervino A. R.
- Chierichetti F.
- Ciarmiello A.
- Corso A.
- Cuocolo A.
- De Rimini M. L.
- Deandreis D.
- Dottorini M. E.
- Esposito F.
- Farsad M.
- Gasparini M.
- Grana C. M.
- Gregianin M.
- Guerra L.
- Loreti F.
- Lupi A.
- Martino G.
- Milan E.
- Modoni S.
- Morbelli S.
- Muni A.
- Nicolai E.
- Palumbo B.
- Papa S.
- Papaleo A.
- Pellerito R.
- Poti C.
- Romano P.
- Rossetti C.
- Rossini P.
- Rubini G.
- Ruffini L.
- Sacchetti G.
- Savelli G.
- Schiavariello S.
- Sciagra R.
- Sciuto R.
- Seregni E.
- Sestini S.
- Sicolo M.
- Spanu A.
- Storto G.
- Balducci M. T.
- Trifiro G.
- Versari A.
- Vignati A.
- Volterrani D.
- Calcagni M. L.
- Marzola M. C.
- Garufo A.
- Evangelista L.
- Maroldi R.
- Schillaci O.
- Giubbini R.
- Bonacina M.
- Laudicella R.
- Spallino M.
- Palucci A.
- Cuzzocrea M.
- Donner M.
- Maurea S.
- Ceci F.
- Dei Rossi F.
- Tranfaglia B.
- Sartorello A.
- Gandolfo P.
- Buschiazzo A.
- Scarale A.
- Kirienko M.
- Merenda N.
- Nappi A. G.
- Durmo R.
- Vellani C.
- Ceriani V.
DOIAbstract
Purpose: To assess the presence and pattern of incidental interstitial lung alterations suspicious of COVID-19 on fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) ([18F]FDG PET/CT) in asymptomatic oncological patients during the period of active COVID-19 in a country with high prevalence of the virus. Methods: This is a multi-center retrospective observational study involving 59 Italian centers. We retrospectively reviewed the prevalence of interstitial pneumonia detected during the COVID period (between March 16 and 27, 2020) and compared to a pre-COVID period (January–February 2020) and a control time (in 2019). The diagnosis of interstitial pneumonia was done considering lung alterations of CT of...
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