Case Report PET-CT - Inflammation or Cancer? Differentiation of Malignant or Benign Lung Nodules in PET/CT
by Paleru C1,2, Sandru AE1*, Nitipir C2,4, Diaconu GA1, Munteanu I1,3
1“Marius Nasta” Institute of Pneumophtisyiology, Bucharest, Romania.
2Carol Davila University, Bucharest, Romania.
3Titu Maiorescu University, Bucharest, Romania.
4Elias University Emergency Hospital, Bucharest, Romania.
*Corresponding author: Sandru AE, “Marius Nasta” Institute of Pneumophtisyiology, Bucharest, Romania.
Received Date: 22 August, 2023
Accepted Date: 31 August, 2023
Published Date: 04 September, 2023
Citation: Paleru C, Sandru AE, Nitipir C, Diaconu GA, MunteanuI (2023) PET-CT - Inflammation or Cancer? Differentiation of Malignant or Benign Lung Nodules in PET/CT. Rep Glob Health Res 6: 167. https://doi.org/10.29011/2690-9480.100167.
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;