Case Author(s): Yungao Ding, M.D., Ph.D. and Tom R. Miller, M.D., Ph.D. , 03/15/2001 . Rating: #D., #Q.

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Brief history:

65 year-old woman with history of back pain and multiple skeletal lesions. Biopsy of a spinal lesion showed metastatic carcinoma of unknown origin.

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Axial PET image of the chest

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View second image(pt). Saggital PET image through the spine

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