Case 21



Dr Marina-Portia Anthony /Dr Henry Mak
Clinical notes
A 76-year-old ex-smoker male presented with a CXR finding of a left lung base nodule, incidentally found on a routine pre-operative radiograph. FDG-PET/CT was requested to exclude malignancy.
Images
Figure 1. Axial contrast-enhanced CT (A) and fused PET/CT (B) images through the chest.

Findings
Diagnosis
Discussion

References
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