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Study results from P. Bhargava and colleagues broaden understanding of life sciences
Published in Cancer Weekly, December 2nd, 2008
"F-18 FDG PET-CT was performed for whole body staging, which showed focal hypermetabolism in the psoas muscle without any definite morphologic changes seen on the coregistered CT. Fused PET-CT images were used for assisting CT-guided needle biopsy, which showed metastatic adenocarcinoma of lung origin," wrote P. Bhargava and colleagues.
The researchers concluded: "The images show an extremely rare but possible site of metastasis to the psoas muscle...
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Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-12-02)
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