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Toxoplasmic Lymphadenitis Mimicking a Metastatic Thyroid Carcinoma at 18F-FDG-PET/CT

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET/CT Centre, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, via Ospedale, 12 zip code: 6500, Bellinzona, Switzerland

    Giorgio Treglia, Luca Ceriani, Gaetano Paone & Luca Giovanella

  2. Institute of Pathology, Locarno, Switzerland

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Treglia, G., Bongiovanni, M., Ceriani, L. et al. Toxoplasmic Lymphadenitis Mimicking a Metastatic Thyroid Carcinoma at 18F-FDG-PET/CT. Nucl Med Mol Imaging 47, 289–290 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13139-013-0217-5

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