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Case Reports
. 1989;15(11):761-3.
doi: 10.1007/BF00631772.

Diagnosis of heterotopic bone marrow in the mediastinum using 52Fe and positron emission tomography

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Diagnosis of heterotopic bone marrow in the mediastinum using 52Fe and positron emission tomography

P Borgies et al. Eur J Nucl Med. 1989.

Abstract

A patient with hereditary spherocytosis was admitted with mediastinal masses on the chest X-ray. 52Fe and positron emission tomography (PET) showed uptake of 52Fe in the masses and established the diagnosis of thoracic extramedullary hematopoiesis.

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