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Multifocal osteolytic lesions in hairy cell leukemia—the importance of PET/CT in diagnosis and assessment

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We thank Edward Lowczowski from the Medical University of Lodz for editorial assistance. We are grateful to the medical, nursing, and laboratory staff of the participating departments for their contributions to this study.

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  1. Department of Experimental Hematology, Medical University of Lodz and Copernicus Memorial Hospital, Lodz, Poland

    Pawel Robak

  2. Department of Pathology, Chair of Oncology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland

    Dorota Jesionek-Kupnicka

  3. Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, Medical University of Lodz and Copernicus Memorial Hospital, Lodz, Poland

    Piotr Kupnicki

  4. Department of Hematology, Hadassah - Hebrew University Medical Center|, Jerusalem, Israel

    Aaron Polliack

  5. Department of Hematology, Medical University of Lodz and Copernicus Memorial Hospital, Ul. Ciolkowskiego 2, Lodz, Poland

    Tadeusz Robak

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Robak, P., Jesionek-Kupnicka, D., Kupnicki, P. et al. Multifocal osteolytic lesions in hairy cell leukemia—the importance of PET/CT in diagnosis and assessment. Ann Hematol 100, 1641–1645 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-020-04121-3

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