Nodular fasciitis mimicking malignant soft tissue tumor in an infant, with 18F-FDG PET/CT findings: A case report

Nuklearmedizin 2018; 57(03): N29-N31
DOI: 10.3413/Nukmed-0930-17-09

Case Report

Schattauer GmbH

Byung Wook Choi^*

¹Department of Nuclear Medicine, Daegu Catholic University Medical Center, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea

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Hae Won Kim^*

²Department of Nuclear Medicine

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Jae Cheon Jeon

³Department of Emergency Medicine, Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea

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Sungmin Kang

¹Department of Nuclear Medicine, Daegu Catholic University Medical Center, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of Korea

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