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Renal granulomas mimicking as malignant renal masses on F18 FDG PET/CT in a case of urothelial carcinoma

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, E. Borges Road, Parel, Mumbai, 400 012, India

    Manikandan M V, Archi Agrawal, Nilendu Purandare, Sneha Shah, Ameya Puranik & Venkatesh Rangarajan

  2. Department of Pathology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India

    Santosh Menon

  3. Department of Uro Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India

    Ganesh Bakshi & Gagan Prakash

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M V, M., Agrawal, A., Menon, S. et al. Renal granulomas mimicking as malignant renal masses on F18 FDG PET/CT in a case of urothelial carcinoma. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 47, 2930–2931 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-020-04728-8

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