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Eugene D Silverman1, William K Carson
1Department of Radiology Nuclear Medicine Division, Naval Medical Center San Diego, CA 92134-1204, USA. edsilverman@nmcsd.med.navy.mil.
Abstract:
Four years after radiation therapy to the lower extremity for a bone metastasis, persistent F-18 FDG and Tc99m MDP uptake were noted in the radiation port. Presumably ongoing inflammatory cellular processes accounts for this finding.
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