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Authored By: Delphine Chen and Brandon Peters.
Patient: 39 year old male
History: 40 year old male without significant prior medical history was found to have enlarged retroperitoneal lymph nodes and an enlarging neck mass. 
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Fig. 1
Coronal FDG PET images demonstrate tracer avid tissue in the right posterior neck and right retroperitoneum.

Fig. 2
FDG PET, CT, and fused PET/CT images demonstrate a tracer avid mass of the right kidney as well as enlarged, tracer avid lymph nodes.

Fig. 3
FDG PET, CT, and fused PET/CT images demonstrate a mildly tracer avid mass in the soft tissues of the lower right neck.

Fig. 4
FDG PET, CT, and fused PET/CT images demonstrated enlarge, tracer avid right retroperitoneal lymph nodes

Fig. 5
Fused coronal FDG PET and CT images demonstrate a moderately tracer avid soft tissue mass involving the upper pole of the right kidney. Intense FDG activity is seen in the right renal pelvis which is displaced inferiorly.

Fig. 6
Coronal gadolinium enhanced T1WI demonstrates an infiltrative soft tissue mass involving the upper pole of the right kidney.

Fig. 7
Axial gadolinium enhanced T1WI demonstrates an infiltrating soft tissue mass centered in the renal medulla enhancing less than the surrounding renal cortex.
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Case [View Case with Diagnosis]Owner(s): Delphine Chen and Brandon PetersLast Updated: 12-07-2011
Anatomy: Genitourinary (GU)   Pathology: Neoplasm
Modality: CT, MR, PETAccess Level: Readable by all users, writable by NucMed Certifiers
Keywords: ptnmACR: 80000.32000

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Certified by Delphine Chen on 01-30-2009

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