Abstract
A patient with hereditary spherocytosis was admitted with mediastinal masses on the chest X-ray. 52Fe and positron emission tomography (PET) showed uptake of 52Fe in the masses and established the diagnosis of thoracic extramedullary hematopoiesis.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Bone Marrow / diagnostic imaging*
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Hematopoiesis, Extramedullary*
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Humans
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Iron Radioisotopes*
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Male
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Mediastinum / diagnostic imaging*
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Tomography, Emission-Computed*