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The information presented below is a reasonably comprehensive, but not exhaustive, list of common areas of normal and variant uptake seen on FDG-PET/CT scanning. The areas that are illustrated in the images in this chapter are in boldface. In addition, a small number of pathological images are included for comparative purposes.
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(2007). Normal Uptake and Normal Variant Uptake. In: PET/CT in Clinical Practice. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-504-2_9
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