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Nuklearmedizin 2010; 49(04): N20-N21
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1626513
Case report
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Splenic sclerosing haemangioma causes false-positive finding at FDG-PET

A. Al-Ibraheem
1   Dept. of Nuclear Medicine, Technische Universität München, Germany
,
A. K. Buck
1   Dept. of Nuclear Medicine, Technische Universität München, Germany
,
T. Dechow
2   Medical Dept., Hematology / Oncology, Technische Universität München, Germany
,
I. Ringshausen
2   Medical Dept., Hematology / Oncology, Technische Universität München, Germany
,
R. Langer
3   Dept. of Pathology, Technische Universität München, Germany
,
H. P. Engels
4   Dept. of Radiology, Technische Universität München, Germany
,
H. A. Wieder
4   Dept. of Radiology, Technische Universität München, Germany
,
J. Sciuk
5   Dept. of Nuclear Medicine, Klinikum Augsburg, Germany
,
M. Schwaiger
1   Dept. of Nuclear Medicine, Technische Universität München, Germany
,
K. Herrmann
1   Dept. of Nuclear Medicine, Technische Universität München, Germany
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Received: 14 January 2010

accepted in revised form: 12 May 2010

Publication Date:
25 January 2018 (online)

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