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PET-positive fibrous dysplasia - a potentially misleading incidental finding in a patient with intimal sarcoma of the pulmonary artery

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Benign bone tumors can show an increased FDG uptake in FDG-PET/CT investigations. In the presented case, an incidentally detected PET-positive asymptomatic fibrous dysplasia was initially misinterpreted as a metastasis in a patient with intimal sarcoma of the pulmonary artery.

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The authors thank Dr. Paul Skandera for his support in preparing the manuscript.

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  1. Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Medical Radiology, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

    Klaus Strobel

  2. Institute of Surgical Pathology, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

    Beata Bode

  3. Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

    Didier Lardinois

  4. Department of Orthopaedic Tumor Surgery, Orthopedic University Hospital Balgrist, Zurich, Switzerland

    Ulrich Exner

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Strobel, K., Bode, B., Lardinois, D. et al. PET-positive fibrous dysplasia - a potentially misleading incidental finding in a patient with intimal sarcoma of the pulmonary artery. Skeletal Radiol 36 (Suppl 1), 24–28 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-006-0152-y

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