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. 2021 May 26;20(3):319-321.
doi: 10.4103/wjnm.WJNM_82_20. eCollection 2021 Jul-Sep.

Incidental lung findings in a COVID-19 patient on 18F-FDG PET/CT done for preoperative evaluation of Marjolin's ulcer-first report from Chhattisgarh

Mudalsha Ravina  1 , Tridip Dutta Baruah  2 , Tinu Lukose  1 , Ranganath T Ganga  3 , Amal Moideen  4
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Incidental lung findings in a COVID-19 patient on 18F-FDG PET/CT done for preoperative evaluation of Marjolin's ulcer-first report from Chhattisgarh

Mudalsha Ravina et al. World J Nucl Med. .

Abstract

The aim of this case is to illustrate the18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography-computed tomography findings of a patient who was admitted in AIIMS, Raipur, for the preoperative evaluation of Marjolin ulcer and was later diagnosed with COVID-19 infection. Apart from the primary lesion in the right foot and pelvic lymph nodes, the scan revealed mild FDG-avid basal ground-glass opacities in bilateral lung fields with mediastinal and hilar lymph nodal involvement, in an otherwise asymptomatic patient.

Keywords: Asymptomatic; COVID-19; coronavirus; fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography; ground-glass opacification; mediastinal lymph nodes.

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Figures

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Figure 1
18F-labeled fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography; maximum-intensity projection image (a) of positron emission tomography showing increased fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in the right foot and mediastinal lymph nodes (arrows). Positron emission tomography-computed tomography fused (coronal [b, white arrow] and computed tomography image [c]) revealing fluorodeoxyglucose-avid ulceroproliferative lesion in the dorsal aspect of the right foot. Positron emission tomography-computed tomography fused ([d]: arrowhead) and computed tomography images (e) revealing subtle ground-glass opacification with reticulations with mild fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in the basal segments of the bilateral lung fields. Positron emission tomography-computed tomography fused transaxial images (f) and computed tomography images (g) revealing fluorodeoxyglucose-avid mediastinal and hilar lymph nodes
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