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Case Reports
. 2020 May 11;35(Suppl 2):28.
doi: 10.11604/pamj.supp.2020.35.2.23167. eCollection 2020.

Case report: incidental findings of COVID-19 infection on positron emission tomography/computed tomography for staging of a giant gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumor

Hamish Reed-Embleton  1 , Khurram Shahzad Khan  1 , Navin Mathias  2 , Sajid Mahmud  1
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Case report: incidental findings of COVID-19 infection on positron emission tomography/computed tomography for staging of a giant gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumor

Hamish Reed-Embleton et al. Pan Afr Med J. .

Abstract

We report the incidental finding of COVID-19 in a 59-year-old male, with no significant cardiorespiratory past medical history who underwent a fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) scan for investigation of a likely gastric gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). There may be significant discrepancies between clinical symptoms and radiological severity with COVID-19 infection. FDG-PET scanning has the potential to complement traditional radiological imaging in COVID-19 in diagnosis of subclinical diagnosis or early stage disease, as well as monitoring disease progression.

Keywords: Covid-19; FDG-PET; GIST; gastrointestinal stromal tumor.

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The authors declare no competing interests.

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CT PET showing faintly FDG-avid patchy prominently peripheral ground-glass changes in bilateral upper and lower lobes in keeping with probable COVID-19 infection
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