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COVID-19 Pneumonia was Incidentally Detected on <sup>18</sup>F-Fluorocholine PET/CT in a Work-up for Prostate Cancer
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VOLUME: 31 ISSUE: 3
P: 231-233
October 2022

COVID-19 Pneumonia was Incidentally Detected on 18F-Fluorocholine PET/CT in a Work-up for Prostate Cancer

Mol Imaging Radionucl Ther 2022;31(3):231-233
DOI: 10.4274/mirt.galenos.2021.19480
Omar Ait Sahel
Yassir Benameur
Salah Oueriagli Nabih
Abderrahim Doudouh
1. Mohammed V University of Rabat, Mohammed V Military Teaching Hospital, Departments of Nuclear Medicine, Rabat, Morocco
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Received Date: 11.06.2021
Accepted Date: 06.07.2021
Publish Date: 19.10.2022
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ABSTRACT

This is a presentation of the case of a patient who underwent 18F-fluorocholine positron emission/computed tomography to stage a prostate cancer with incidentally found bilateral pneumonia. A high prevalence of incidental pneumonia is very probable under the current circumstance of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, and oncological patients are at increased risk of COVID-19 with poorer outcome. The lung inflammatory burden in the case of COVID-19 infection can be demonstrated by 18F-fluorocholine.

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