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PET scan showing the hypermetabolic lesion in the left pulmonary hilar area with SUV of 18.8 that was not apparent on computed tomography after diagnosis.
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PET scan was ordered prior to beginning treatment. PET showed a left pulmonary hilar lesion with an SUV of 18.8 (Figure 1), a right precarinal lymph node with calcification and SUV of 4, right breast retroareolar uptake with an SUV of 2.8 (Figure 2) and an atrophic left kidney.
PET scan showing the right retroareolar breast mass with SUV of 2.8 that was discovered while the patient was being treated for his NSCLC of the lung.
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PET scan was ordered prior to beginning treatment. PET showed a left pulmonary hilar lesion with an SUV of 18.8 (Figure 1), a right precarinal lymph node with calcification and SUV of 4, right breast retroareolar uptake with an SUV of 2.8 (Figure 2) and an atrophic left kidney.
H&E stain showing sheets of crowded cells with hyperchromatic, pleomorphic nuclei with high NC ratio, scant cytoplasm, easily seen mitoses.
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The tumor consisted of sheets of crowded cells with hyperchromatic, pleomorphic nuclei with high nuclear cytoplasmic ratio (NC ratio), scant cytoplasm, easily seen mitoses (Figure 3).