Incidence of incidental positron emission tomography and computed tomography signs of COVID-19 in asymptomatic cancer patients in Egypt.
作者信息
Abdel-Kawi Mostafa, Taalab Khalid, Hussien Nervana, Ghandour Ahmed, Abdelazeem Amr, Romeih Marwa, El-Kassas Mohamed
机构信息
Radiodiagnosis Department, Faculty of Medicine, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt.
Nuclear Medicine Department, Military Medical Academy, Cairo, Egypt.
出版信息
East Mediterr Health J. 2023 Jan 19;29(1):57-62. doi: 10.26719/emhj.23.006.
BACKGROUND
COVID-19 was first reported in Egypt on 14 February 2020 and continues to be a major threat to public health.
AIMS
We studied the incidence of incidental positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) signs of COVID-19 in asymptomatic cancer patients and compared this with the number of reported COVID-19 cases during the same period.
METHODS
We included all cancer patients who underwent PET/CT at Misr Radiology Center, Cairo, between 2 May and 7 August 2020.
RESULTS
There were 479 patients who underwent PET/CT primarily for follow-up, and 66 (13.78%) of them showed radiological signs of COVID-19, with the peak incidence in weeks 7-8 of the study. This coincided and strongly correlated with the peak incidence of COVID-19 in Egypt (Pearson's correlation coefficient test = 0.943).
CONCLUSION
The incidence of incidental PET/CT signs of COVID-19 was in accordance with the officially reported incidence of COVID-19 in Egypt between 2 May and 7 August 2020. These results could be helpful for implementing and adjusting public health and social measures during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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