Enhancing Clinical Diagnosis for Patients With Persistent Pulmonary Abnormalities After COVID-19 Infection: The Potential Benefit of 68Ga-FAPI PET/CT

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)–related pneumonia challenges clinical practice. We explore the potential diagnostic benefit of PET/CT to establish the underlying inflammatory or fibrotic repair processes in prolonged structural lung abnormalities in COVID-19 patients.

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Published in:Clinical nuclear medicine 2022-12, Vol.47 (12), p.1026-1029
Main Authors: Sviridenko, Anna, Boehm, Anna, di Santo, Gianpaolo, Uprimny, Christian, Nilica, Bernhard, Fritz, Josef, Giesel, Frederik L., Haberkorn, Uwe, Sahanic, Sabina, Decristoforo, Clemens, Tancevski, Ivan, Widmann, Gerlig, Loeffler-Ragg, Judith, Virgolini, Irene
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Language:English
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Summary:Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)–related pneumonia challenges clinical practice. We explore the potential diagnostic benefit of PET/CT to establish the underlying inflammatory or fibrotic repair processes in prolonged structural lung abnormalities in COVID-19 patients.
ISSN:0363-9762
1536-0229
DOI:10.1097/RLU.0000000000004437