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. 2014 Aug;12(4):e147-50.
doi: 10.1016/j.clgc.2014.02.006. Epub 2014 Feb 28.

Positive FDG-PET/CT scans of a residual seminoma after chemotherapy and radiotherapy: case report and review of the literature

Mehmet Asim Bilen  1 , Houssam Hariri  2 , Chady Leon  3 , Charles C Guo  4 , Deborah A Kuban  5 , Louis L Pisters  6 , Shi-Ming Tu  7
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Positive FDG-PET/CT scans of a residual seminoma after chemotherapy and radiotherapy: case report and review of the literature

Mehmet Asim Bilen et al. Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2014 Aug.
No abstract available

Keywords: False-positive; Fluorine-18 deoxyglucose positron-emission tomography–computed tomography scan; Inflammatory changes; Seminomatous germ cell tumor; Testicular cancer.

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
CT of the abdomen revealed retroperitoneal mass (arrow).
Figure 2
Figure 2
FDG-PET/CT scanning revealed a retroperitoneal mass, with maximal SUV of 10.9 (arrow) (A) transverse image and (B) full-body image.
Figure 2
Figure 2
FDG-PET/CT scanning revealed a retroperitoneal mass, with maximal SUV of 10.9 (arrow) (A) transverse image and (B) full-body image.
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