PET-CT - Inflammation or Cancer? Differentiation of Malignant or Benign Lung Nodules in PET/CT

Paleru C, Sandru AE, Nitipir C, Diaconu GA and MunteanuI

“Marius Nasta” Institute of Pneumophtisyiology, Bucharest, Romania Carol Davila University, Bucharest, Romania Titu Maiorescu University, Bucharest, Romania Elias University Emergency Hospital, Bucharest, Romania

^*Correspondance to: Sandru Alexandra Emilia 

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Abstract:

Benign infectious or inflammatory processes can cause false-positive results in oncological PET-CT imaging, through the 18F-FDG metabolic activity they exhibit. The sequential PET/CT evaluation of post-infection COVID-19 in a patient with a pathological history of breast neoplasm has questioned the importance of PET/CT in tracking cancer versus scarring processes in COVID-19. It is not usual in medical practice to follow up a case with COVID-19 post-infection status by PET/ CT examination, even less so by two PET/CT examinations performed at two months and three months post-infectious episode respectively, which is why the importance of publishing this article was decided.

Keywords:

COVID-19; PET-CT; Cancer; Lung scarring

Cite the Article:

Paleru C, Sandru AE, Nitipir C, Diaconu GA, Munteanu I. PET-CT - Inflammation or Cancer? Differentiation of Malignant or Benign Lung Nodules in PET/CT. Clin Case Rep Int. 2023; 7: 1583.