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Examinations performed prior to PET/CT scan in patients included in retrospective study.
<p>Examinations performed prior to PET/CT scan in patients included in retrospective study.</p
Axial PET/CT images showing physiological 18-FDG uptake in the bladder (green arrow) and increased peri-rectal 18-FDG uptake (A, red arrow).
<p>Additionally, the presence of air is detected on the low-dose CT (B). This was not present on an abdominal CT-scan that was performed prior to the PET/CT-scan. A diagnosis of peri-rectal abscess was confirmed during explorative surgery.</p
Axial, coronal and sagittal PET/CT images showing increased FDG-uptake in the rib (A, red arrow), spine (B, red arrowhead), spleen (B, brown arrowhead) and pelvic bone (C, blue arrow) suggesting lymphoproliferative disease.
<p>This PET/CT diagnosis was histologically confirmed after a bone marrow biopsy was performed.</p
Flowchart retrospective study (ESR = Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate; FUO = Fever of Unknown Origin, PMR  =  Polymyalgia rheumatica, AML = acute myeloid leukemia, n.a. =  not applicable).
<p>*This patient died 1 month after PET/CT, gastric cancer was confirmed pathologically. †Polyarteritis nodosa (diagnosed with angiography).</p