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11C-Choline: Rare Diseases

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A 55-year-old female patient was affected by hepatocellular carcinoma. She was treated with thermoablation. After therapy the CT scan was equivocal for disease persistence. The patient was referred for an 11C-choline PET/CT scan to characterize the CT findings.

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Nanni, C., Fanti, S. (2012). 11C-Choline: Rare Diseases. In: PET-CT: Rare Findings and Diseases. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24699-9_2

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