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cord-266283-xnzdkxm3	Wakfie-Corieh, Cristina Gamila	Assessment of extra-parenchymal lung involvement in asymptomatic cancer patients with COVID-19 pneumonia detected on (18)F-FDG PET-CT studies	2020-09-08		.txt	text/plain	4503	231	45	title: Assessment of extra-parenchymal lung involvement in asymptomatic cancer patients with COVID-19 pneumonia detected on (18)F-FDG PET-CT studies We evaluated the extra-parenchymal lung involvement in asymptomatic cancer patients with COVID-19 pneumonia through (18)F-FDG PET-CT. RESULTS: A total of 23 (18)F-FDG PET-CT scans with pulmonary infiltrates suggestive of COVID-19 and available laboratory data were included: 14 positive (cases) and 9 negative (controls) for COVID-19 infection, representing a low prevalence of COVID-19 pneumonia (1.3%). CONCLUSION: In cancer patients with asymptomatic COVID-19 pneumonia, (18)F-FDG PET-CT findings are more frequently limited to thoracic structures, suggesting that an early and silent distant involvement is very rare. This research was aimed to evaluate the extra-parenchymal lung involvement in asymptomatic cancer patients with COVID-19 pneumonia derived to 18 F-FDG PET-CT. The 18 F-FDG uptake related to SARS-CoV-2 infection is more often limited to thoracic structures, suggesting that an early and silent extra-thoracic involvement is very rare in cancer patients with asymptomatic COVID-19 pneumonia.	./cache/cord-266283-xnzdkxm3.txt	./txt/cord-266283-xnzdkxm3.txt