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Incidental detection of COVID-19 associated pneumonia by thyroid scintigraphy
Affiliations- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medicine School, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
- Ionizing and NonIonizing Radiation Protection Research Center (INIRPRC), Shiraz University of Medical Sciences., Shiraz, Iran
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Abstract
This report presents a case of a 49-year-old woman with complaint of sore throat and front neck pain, who referred to a hospital for thyroid scan due to suppressed TSH level (0.005 mU/L). Diffuse and bilateral lungs uptake in the scan was noticed incidentally. The patient had positive history of COVID-19 symptoms. Multifocal and bilateral ground-glass opacities (GGOs) in both lungs were compatible with typical features of lung involvement in COVID-19-associated pneumonia.
Abstract
This report presents a case of a 49-year-old woman with complaint of sore throat and front neck pain, who referred to a hospital for thyroid scan due to suppressed TSH level (0.005 mU/L). Diffuse and bilateral lungs uptake in the scan was noticed incidentally. The patient had positive history of COVID-19 symptoms. Multifocal and bilateral ground-glass opacities (GGOs) in both lungs were compatible with typical features of lung involvement in COVID-19-associated pneumonia.
Keywords
COVID-19; pneumonia; thyroid scintigraphy
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Incidental detection of COVID-19 associated pneumonia by thyroid scintigraphy
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Article type
Clinical vignette
Pages
113-114
Published online
2021-07-30
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Pubmed
Bibliographic record
Nucl. Med. Rev 2021;24(2):113-114.
Keywords
COVID-19
pneumonia
thyroid scintigraphy
Authors
Mehrosadat Alavi
Fariba Jafari
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