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A 50-year-old male patient was affected by Paget’s disease of the pelvis and spine. He developed a giant cell tumor involving the L2 to L4 vertebrae. He was operated on to remove the disease. Three months after surgery he noticed enlarged left inguinal nodes that turned out to be inflammatory after the biopsy. Inflammation markers were moderately increased.

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  1. Dept. of Nuclear Medicine, Ospedale S. Orsola-Malpighi, Via Massarenti 9, 40138, Bologna, Italy

    Dr. Cristina Nanni

  2. Policlinico S.Orsola-Malpighi Dipto. Medicina Nucleare, Univ. Bologna, Via Massarenti, 40100, Bologna, Italy

    Prof. Dr. Stefano Fanti

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Nanni, C., Fanti, S. (2012). FDG: Rare Diseases. In: PET-CT: Rare Findings and Diseases. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24699-9_1

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