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Assessment of successful incorporation of cages after cervical or lumbar intercorporal fusion with [(18)F]fluoride positron-emission tomography/computed tomography
The purpose of this study is to assess the successful incorporation of cages in patients after cervical or lumbar intercorporal fusion with positron-emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT). Twenty pat...
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The additional value of CT images interpretation in the differential diagnosis of benign vs. malignant primary bone lesions with 18F-FDG-PET/CT
To evaluate the value of a dedicated interpretation of the CT images in the differential diagnosis of benign vs. malignant primary bone lesions with 18fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography/computed t...
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F-18-Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) Positron-Emission Tomography of Echinococcus multilocularis Liver Lesions: Prospective Evaluation of its Value for Diagnosis and Follow-up during Benzimidazole Therapy
Long-term benzimidazole therapy benefits patients with non-resectable alveolar echinococcosis (AE). Methods to assess early therapeutic efficacy are lacking. Recently, AE liver lesions were reported to exhibit...
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Chronic osteomyelitis of the femur: value of PET imaging
The purpose of this report is to discuss FDG-PET as a potentially new imaging tool in the diagnosis of infections of osteosynthetic material. We present a patient with a poly-trauma who developed a chronic os...
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Whole-body positron emission tomography using fluorodeoxyglucose for staging of lymphoma: effectiveness and comparison with computed tomography
The purpose of this study was to evaluate whole-body positron emission tomography (WB-PET) as a staging modality in Hodgkin’s disease (HD) and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) and to compare it with computed tomogr...
