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Injection artefact displaying “sock” pattern on bone scan: “glove” sign equivalent resulting from bisphosphonate-(99mTc) injection in foot venous system

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  1. Médecine Nucléaire, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud Biophysique, Faculté Charles Mérieux Lyon Sud EA 3738, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, 165 chemin du Grand Revoyet, 69495, Pierre-Bénite Cedex, France

    F. Giammarile

  2. Médecine Nucléaire, CAC Léon Bérard, Lyon, France

    T. Mognetti

  3. Médecine Nucléaire, Hôpital Lariboisière AP-HP, Paris, France

    F. Paycha

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Giammarile, F., Mognetti, T. & Paycha, F. Injection artefact displaying “sock” pattern on bone scan: “glove” sign equivalent resulting from bisphosphonate-(99mTc) injection in foot venous system. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 41, 1644–1645 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-014-2795-6

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