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Diagnosis of heterotopic bone marrow in the mediastinum using52Fe and positron emission tomography

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A patient with hereditary spherocytosis was admitted with mediastinal masses on the chest X-ray.52Fe and positron emission tomography (PET) showed uptake of52Fe in the masses and established the diagnosis of thoracic extramedullary hematopoiesis.

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  1. Department of Hematology, Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc, University of Louvain Medical School, B-1200, Brussels, Belgium

    P. Borgies, A. Ferrant, N. Leners, J. L. Michaux & G. Sokal

  2. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc, University of Louvain Medical School, B-1200, Brussels, Belgium

    P. Borgies, A. Ferrant, J. L. Michaux & G. Sokal

  3. Position emission tomography Laboratory, University of Louvain, B-1348, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

    A. Ferrant, N. Leners, A. Bol, C. Michel & M. Cogneau

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Borgies, P., Ferrant, A., Leners, N. et al. Diagnosis of heterotopic bone marrow in the mediastinum using52Fe and positron emission tomography. Eur J Nucl Med 15, 761–763 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00631772

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