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TUTORIAL: Clinical PET Case 6 - Neurology
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Clinical History
66 year old male with grand mal seizures beginning on 10/87 and focal seizures beginning 5/88. Mental status changed in 9/88. Rt. parieto-temporal glioblastoma was diagnosed and resected on 1/5/89, followed by 8 weeks of radiation.Due to a change in clinical status, a PET scan was ordered on 6/7/89 to access recurrence of tumor vs. radiation-induced necrosis.
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