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. 2019 Nov 29;3:20. doi: 10.1186/s41824-019-0066-2

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Fig. 67 — ¹⁸F-FMISO, characterisation of a brain lesion and comparison to ¹¹C-methionine. Clinical history: 15 y.o. boy. High-grade glioblastoma, sub-totally removed and treated with radiotherapy. MRI: persistence of expansive lesion in thalamic area (a). PET/CT findings: ¹¹C-methionine shows peripheral uptake in the right thalamus tumour, probably related to residual viable tumour or relapse despite its low intensity (b). ¹⁸F-FMISO PET/CT showed hypoxic area in previously methionine uptake described lesion (c), suggesting a relapse