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PET · Abdomen · open case 081

Radiology · Abdomen

Thoracic FDG-PET CT prior to treatment (left side) and after 5 cycles or Rituximab (right side). Lesions marked with arrows. The luminous structure in the lower right picture is the left ventricle, which shows an increased metabolism compared to the right picture, because it is contracting. This FDG-PET accumulation has nothing to do with the metabolism of the tumor cells.
Thoracic FDG-PET CT prior to treatment (left side) and after 5 cycles or Rituximab (right side). Lesions marked with arrows. The luminous structure in the lower right picture is…

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PreviousDoppler · Chest · open case 025
Category
Abdomen
Difficulty
advanced
Type
Radiological image
Mode
PET

Origin: MultiCaRe · figure from open-access article PMC9120811 · License CC BY

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