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Bone Research
Data on bone research discussed by S. Deryk and colleagues
August 12th, 2008
"A CT scan of a 69-year-old male patient, performed for staging of suspected lung carcinoma, incidentally showed an irregular lesion of 10 cm in the upper abdomen," scientists in Brussels, Belgium report. "Further investigation using FDG-PET showed only moderately increased glucose metabolism, whereas Tc-99m MDP SPECT revealed intense osteoblastic activity inside the lesion. A CT-guided biopsy was performed and histologic analysis established the diagnosis of heterotopic mesenteric ossification," wrote S. Deryk and colleagues. The researchers concluded: "This pathology is rare and mostly diagnosed when it is complicated by small bowel...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-08-12)
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