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Oh and Kim: Widespread Tophi Found Incidentally on 18-FDG-PET/CT

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Figure 1.
(A, B) Multiple nodular or amorphous hypermetabolic sites are noted around the joints of both shoulders, elbows, wrists, and hips on FDG-PET/CT. (C, D) Dense amorphous masses around the joints space of both elbows, which are hypermetabolic on FDG-PET/CT.
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