Case 5



Dr Marina-Portia Anthony / Dr Jingbo Zhang
Clinical notes
A 59 year-old male presented with cough with haemoptysis. Evaluate for malignancy.
Images
A. Contrast-enhanced axial CT of thorax
B. Axial FDG-PET image of thorax
C. Axial fused PET-CT image of thorax
D. Coronal fused PET-CT image of thorax

Findings
Diagnosis
Discussion

References
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