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A histologically proven case of extraosseous xanthomatosis is presented. Both Ga-67 citrate and Tc-99m-MDP imagings demonstrated tumor uptake of radiotracers. A second Ga-67 imaging taken after excisional biopsy of the left knee lesion revealed disappearance of the lesional uptake of the tracer seen on the preoperative Ga-67 scan. Radiotracer accumulation in extraosseous xanthomatosis has not been reported previously.
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Shigeno, C., Morita, R., Fukunaga, M. et al. Scintigraphic visualization of extraosseous xanthomatosis. Eur J Nucl Med 7, 434–436 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00256828
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00256828