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PET- (a) sagittal view and b) coronal view) and PET-CT- (c) axial view at the height of T6) scans taken ten weeks after emergency decompression. PET-scans reveal no other tumor in the patient's body besides the one found in T6 (arrow). This primary tumor is also clearly visible in the PET-CT-scan, where the site of the osteolysis in the vertebral body shows an increased glucose metabolism (arrow).
