Incidental findings suggestive of COVID-19 in asymptomatic cancer patients undergoing 18F-FDG PET/CT in a low prevalence region

International audiencePurpose To assess the rate and pattern of incidental interstitial lung abnormalities suggestive of COVID-19 on 18F-FDG PET/ CT in asymptomatic cancer patients during the period of active COVID-19 circulation between March and April 2020 in a geographic area of low prevalence of the virus. routine oncological indication were retrospectively analyzed. No patients had symptoms suggestive of COVID-19 at the time of the 18F-FDG PET/CT. Incidental interstitial pneumonias suggestive of COVID-19 were identified, and the 18F-FDG PET/CT patterns were described. We compared the incidence of these lesions in the pre-COVID and pandemic phases. Results We observed a 1.6% increase in interstitial lung abnormalities during the period of COVID-19 circulation. All had < 50% lung involvement. We describe a case series with typical and atypical interstitial pneumonias suggestive of COVID-19 as unilateral or bilateral with ground-glass opacity, consolidation, or crazy-paving patterns. Conclusion The relatively low increase in incidental findings suggestive of COVID-19 infection on 18F-FDG PET/CT in asymptomatic cancer patients was in accordance with the low COVID-19 transmission in our geographic region. Nevertheless, nuclear medicine physicians should familiarize themselves with typical and atypical 18F-FDG PET/CT patterns suggestive of COVID-19 pneumonia and initiate appropriate intervention where necessary

Hypermetabolism of the spleen or bone marrow is an additional albeit indirect sign of infective endocarditis at FDG-PET

International audiencePurpose: This study aimed at determining the diagnostic implications of indirect signs of infection at FDG-PET-i.e., hypermetabolisms of the spleen and/or bone marrow (HSBM)-when documented in patients with known or suspected infective endocarditis (IE).Methods: HSBM were defined by higher mean standardized uptake values comparatively to that of the liver on FDG-PET images from patients with a high likelihood of IE and prospectively included in a multicenter study.Results: Among the 129 included patients, IE was ultimately deemed as definite in 88 cases. HSBM was a predictor of definite IE (P = 0.014; odds ratio (OR) 3.2), independently of the criterion of an abnormal cardiac FDG uptake (P = 0.0007; OR 9.68), and a definite IE was documented in 97% (29/30) of patients showing both HSBM and abnormal cardiac uptake, 78% (7/9) of patients with only abnormal cardiac uptake, 67% (42/63) of patients with only HSBM, and 37% (10/27) of patients with neither one.Conclusion: In this cohort with a high likelihood of IE, HSBM is an additional albeit indirect sign of IE, independently of the criterion of an abnormal cardiac uptake, and could reinforce the suspicion of IE in the absence of any other infectious, inflammatory, or malignant disease

Functional Alterations Due to COVID-19 Lung Lesions—Lessons From a Multicenter V/Q Scan-Based Registry

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Consolidation anti-CD22 fractionated radioimmunotherapy with 90 Y-epratuzumab tetraxetan following R-CHOP in elderly patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: a prospective, single group, phase 2 trial

International audienceRadioimmunotherapy represents a potential option as consolidation after chemoimmunotherapy in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma who are not candidates for transplantation. We aimed to assess activity and toxicity of fractionated radioimmunotherapy using anti-CD22 90Y-epratuzumab tetraxetan as consolidation after front-line induction chemoimmunotherapy in untreated elderly patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma