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F-18 FDG PET/CT Findings of Spontaneous Mesenteric Fibromatosis in a Patient with Gardner’s Syndrome

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School and Hospital, San 2-20 Geumam-dong, Deok**-gu, Jeonju, Jeonbuk, 561-180, South Korea

    Myung-Hee Sohn, Young ** Jeong, Seok Tae Lim, Dong Wook Kim & Hwan-Jeong Jeong

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    Chang-Yeol Yim

  3. Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School and Hospital, Jeonju, Jeonbuk, South Korea

    Myung-Hee Sohn, Seok Tae Lim, Dong Wook Kim, Hwan-Jeong Jeong & Chang-Yeol Yim

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Sohn, MH., Jeong, Y.J., Lim, S.T. et al. F-18 FDG PET/CT Findings of Spontaneous Mesenteric Fibromatosis in a Patient with Gardner’s Syndrome. Nucl Med Mol Imaging 45, 156–157 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13139-011-0074-z

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