Post-therapy calcification can result in false-positive fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography scans in patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

G. A. KennedyDepartment of Haematology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, Queensland, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]

J. RestallDepartment of Haematology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, Queensland, Australia

K. MorrisDepartment of Haematology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, Queensland, Australia

A. Ravi KumarDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, Queensland, Australia

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