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cord-306581-g3d0lqxp	Khattab, Mohamed H.	Early detection of SARS-CoV-2 from staging PET-CT	2020-09-29		.txt	text/plain	1214	78	45	METHODS: Here, we present a case study of a mildly symptomatic patient with anal cancer diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 from a staging PET-CT scan. Given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a nasopharyngeal swab with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was obtained and was confirmed positive for the potentially lethal SARS-CoV-2 viral infection. In geographic regions with a Fig. 1 Screening positron emission tomography fused with computed tomography demonstrating fluorodeoxyglucose-avid multifocal, rounded, peripheral ground-glass nodules, some demonstrating the reversed halo sign, within the right lower, right middle, and left lower lung lobes concerning for an infectious process significant and increasing COVID-19 case burden, routine PCR testing in the absence of clinical or radiologic findings may be indicated in patients undergoing chemoradiation or radiation, and it is our institutional practice to test all patients receiving any chemotherapy or greater than 10 days of radiation. In the setting of asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic patients with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection, multidisciplinary discussion with oncology and infectious disease teams is important to ascertain the risks and benefits of delaying cancer therapy.	./cache/cord-306581-g3d0lqxp.txt	./txt/cord-306581-g3d0lqxp.txt