Splenic sclerosing haemangioma causes false-positive finding at FDG-PET

A. Al-Ibraheem; A. K. Buck; T. Dechow; I. Ringshausen; R. Langer; H. P. Engels; H. A. Wieder; J. Sciuk; M. Schwaiger; K. Herrmann

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1626513

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Nuklearmedizin 2010; 49(04): N20-N21
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1626513

Case report

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Splenic sclerosing haemangioma causes false-positive finding at FDG-PET

A. Al-Ibraheem

¹Dept. of Nuclear Medicine, Technische Universität München, Germany

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A. K. Buck

¹Dept. of Nuclear Medicine, Technische Universität München, Germany

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T. Dechow

²Medical Dept., Hematology / Oncology, Technische Universität München, Germany

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I. Ringshausen

²Medical Dept., Hematology / Oncology, Technische Universität München, Germany

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R. Langer

³Dept. of Pathology, Technische Universität München, Germany

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H. P. Engels

⁴Dept. of Radiology, Technische Universität München, Germany

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H. A. Wieder

⁴Dept. of Radiology, Technische Universität München, Germany

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J. Sciuk

⁵Dept. of Nuclear Medicine, Klinikum Augsburg, Germany

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M. Schwaiger

¹Dept. of Nuclear Medicine, Technische Universität München, Germany

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K. Herrmann

¹Dept. of Nuclear Medicine, Technische Universität München, Germany

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