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Acta Oncologica Volume 51, 2012 - Issue 1
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Letter

FDG PET/CT differentiating two malignant tumors in the same patient

Ayelet ShaiDepartment of Oncology, Lin and Lady Davis Carmel Medical Centers, Haifa, IsraelCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Larisa LeitzinDepartment of Oncology, Lin and Lady Davis Carmel Medical Centers, Haifa, Israel
,
Mariana SteinerDepartment of Oncology, Lin and Lady Davis Carmel Medical Centers, Haifa, Israel
,
Avivit PeerDepartment of Oncology, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
,
Saher SrourDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
&
Rachel Bar ShalomDepatment of Nuclear Medicine, Rambam Health Care Campus, Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Pages 142-144 | Received 30 Jun 2011, Accepted 07 Jul 2011, Published online: 18 Aug 2011

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Figure 1. FDG PET (top), PET/CT (middle) and CT (bottom) images showing a high intensity FDG uptake in a lytic-sclerotic lesion involving the body and left transverse process of T4 vertebra and the left costovertebral aspect of the adjacent 4th rib. CT, computed tomography; PET, positron emission tomography.

Figure 1. FDG PET (top), PET/CT (middle) and CT (bottom) images showing a high intensity FDG uptake in a lytic-sclerotic lesion involving the body and left transverse process of T4 vertebra and the left costovertebral aspect of the adjacent 4th rib. CT, computed tomography; PET, positron emission tomography.

Figure 2. FDG PET (top), PET/CT (middle) and CT (bottom) images showing a very low intensity FDG uptake (arrow) in a large lung mass in the lingula. CT, computed tomography; PET, positron emission tomography.

Figure 2. FDG PET (top), PET/CT (middle) and CT (bottom) images showing a very low intensity FDG uptake (arrow) in a large lung mass in the lingula. CT, computed tomography; PET, positron emission tomography.

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