Case 35



Dr Marina-Portia Anthony /Dr Tao Chan
Clinical notes
A 42 year-old female presented with left knee pain for three years. A PET-CT was requested to evaluate for local and distant disease.
Images
A. Axial CT distal left femur
E. Coronal FDG-PET distal left femur
B. Axial FDG-PET distal left femur
E. Axial fused PET-CT image of the abdomen
C. Axial fused PET-CT distal left femur

Findings
Diagnosis
Discussion

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