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. 2020 Oct 20;12(10):3055. doi: 10.3390/cancers12103055

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Shine-through phenomenon in 72-year-old patient with a cT1N0 floor-of-mouth carcinoma. (A,C) Coronal and axial SPECT-CT images: radiation flare of the tracer injection site over shines a sentinel lymph node located in cervical lymph node level Ib (white circle). (B,D) Coronal and axial low-dose CT images of same patient: (sentinel) lymph node located in cervical lymph node level Ib that could not be differentiated from the hotspot originating from tracer injection site on SPECT-CT (white circle). (E) Schematic illustration of shine-through phenomenon. (A–D) Informed consent has been obtained from this patient. (E) ©University Medical Center Groningen.