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Intramedullary Spinal Cord Metastasis from Breast Cancer Mimicking Delayed Radiation Myelopathy: Detection With 18F-FDG PET/CT

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The authors would like to thank Dr. Katsuyuki Karasawa from the Radiation Oncology Department, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, for advice and reviewing this manuscript.

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Terufumi Kawamoto, Toshinari Yamashita, Satoshi Kaito, Yoshiharu Miura declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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  1. Division of Neurology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkomagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8677, Japan

    Terufumi Kawamoto, Satoshi Kaito & Yoshiharu Miura

  2. Division of Breast Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

    Toshinari Yamashita

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Kawamoto, T., Yamashita, T., Kaito, S. et al. Intramedullary Spinal Cord Metastasis from Breast Cancer Mimicking Delayed Radiation Myelopathy: Detection With 18F-FDG PET/CT. Nucl Med Mol Imaging 50, 169–170 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13139-015-0344-2

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