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We describe a patient with a history of recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue and abnormal FDG uptake in the left arm during a re-staging FDG PET/CT. After revision of the patient’s clinical history, tests and physical exam, the abnormal FDG uptake was found to correspond to an extensive aseptic deep venous thrombosis of the upper extremity.
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Do, B., Mari, C., Biswal, S. et al. Diagnosis of aseptic deep venous thrombosis of the upper extremity in a cancer patient using fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/ computerized tomography (FDG PET/CT). Ann Nucl Med 20, 151–155 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02985628
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