Clinical Nuclear Medicine · 2021 · 19 citations · 4 references
MedicineOncologyRadiologyImmunizationMetastasisVaccinologyCancer VaccinesLung CancerLung MetastasisRadiation PneumonitisRadiation TherapyVaccinationIntracranial MetastasesLung AdenocarcinomaMediastinal LymphadenopathyMetastatic Lung Lesion ImagingRadiation FibrosisRadiation Recall ManagementRadiation-induced FibrosisRecurrent Metastatic Disease
ABSTRACT: A 67-year-old man with metastatic lung adenocarcinoma was initially treated with whole-brain radiotherapy for intracranial metastases, followed by chemotherapy and pembrolizumab. After completing 2 years of systemic therapy, the primary right lung lesion was biopsy-proven to have residual adenocarcinoma, which was then treated with radiation (6000 cGy in 15 fractions). Follow-up serial FDG PET/CT showed radiation fibrosis. Eighteen months after radiotherapy, the patient received 2 doses of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. FDG PET/CT performed 4 days following his second vaccine dose showed FDG-avid multistation lymphadenopathy and radiation recall pneumonitis, likely vaccination-induced and mimicking recurrent disease. This resolved spontaneously without therapy.
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