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A 66-year-old female patient presented with an empty nodule with sharp edges at the posterior segment of the upper lobe of the left lung, whose diameter was about 13 mm and the SUVmax, 5.47. Histopathology revealed TB. A shows PET MIP. B shows PET image in transverse section. C shows chest thin layer CT image. D shows a fusion image of PET/CT. PET/CT = positron emission tomography/computed tomography, SUVmax = maximum standardized uptake value.
