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Fibrous Dysplasia Mimicking Bone Metastasis on Both Bone Scintigraphy and 18F-FDG PET-CT: Diagnostic Dilemma in a Patient with Breast Cancer

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    Sudhir Suman KC, Punit Sharma, Harmandeep Singh, Chandrasekhar Bal & Rakesh Kumar

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Suman KC, S., Sharma, P., Singh, H. et al. Fibrous Dysplasia Mimicking Bone Metastasis on Both Bone Scintigraphy and 18F-FDG PET-CT: Diagnostic Dilemma in a Patient with Breast Cancer. Nucl Med Mol Imaging 46, 318–319 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13139-012-0171-7

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