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case_images: Axial fused PET/CT (a) and CT (b) and coronal fused PET/CT (c) and CT (d) images in a 24-year-old boy with lower back pain revealed a FDG avid heterogeneously enhancing thoracopulomary mass lesion in the right paravertebral region with areas of necrosis and calcifications infiltrating into the right thoracic cavity and into the right side of spinal canal abutting and compressing the cord. The adjacent ribs and thoracic vertebrae show destruction due to tumor infiltration. PET/CT: Positron emission tomography/computed tomography, FDG: Fluorodeoxyglucose
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case_images: Maximum calculated standardized uptake value (SUVmax) of the lesion was 4.36 [Figure 1].