Transient 18FDG-avid hilar lymph node on PET/CT imaging in asymptomatic COVID-19

Mahboobeh Karimi-Galougahi; Abbas Yousefi-Koma; Neda Khalili; Mehrdad Bakhshayeshkaram; Sara Haseli

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00981

Transient ¹⁸FDG-avid hilar lymph node on PET/CT imaging in asymptomatic COVID-19

IDCases. 2020:22:e00981. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2020.e00981. Epub 2020 Nov 6.

Authors

Mahboobeh Karimi-Galougahi¹, Abbas Yousefi-Koma¹, Neda Khalili², Mehrdad Bakhshayeshkaram¹, Sara Haseli¹

Affiliations

¹ Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
² School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

The most common features of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia on chest computed tomography imaging are ground glass opacity and consolidation. Mediastinal and hilar lymph node enlargement are less frequently observed. Herein, we present an unexpected finding of fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-avid hilar lymph node in an asymptomatic patient with COVID-19, and show that this is a transient phenomenon, subsiding on a follow-up FDG-PET/CT within 10 days.

Keywords: COVID-19; Case report; Coronavirus disease-2019; Lymph node; Lymphadenopathy; Positron emission tomography.

Publication types

Case Reports