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Open Access 01-09-2020 | Letter To The Editor & Reply

Reply to Letter to the Editor: “The added benefit of contrast-enhanced CT in the evaluation of incidental FDG-avid colon lesions”

Authors: Julian Kirchner, Benedikt M. Schaarschmidt, Firas Kour, Lino M. Sawicki, Ole Martin, Johannes Bode, Stephan vom Dahl, Verena Keitel, Dieter Häussinger, Christina Antke, Christian Buchbender, Gerald Antoch, Philipp Heusch

Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging | Issue 10/2020

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We would like to thank Dr. Lee and colleagues for their well-thought-out questions and their interest in our work about the added benefit of contrast-enhanced CT in the evaluation of incidental FDG-avid colonic lesions [1]. …

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Title: Reply to Letter to the Editor: “The added benefit of contrast-enhanced CT in the evaluation of incidental FDG-avid colon lesions”
Authors: Julian Kirchner
Benedikt M. Schaarschmidt
Firas Kour
Lino M. Sawicki
Ole Martin
Johannes Bode
Stephan vom Dahl
Verena Keitel
Dieter Häussinger
Christina Antke
Christian Buchbender
Gerald Antoch
Philipp Heusch
Publication date: 01-09-2020
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / Issue 10/2020
Print ISSN: 1619-7070
Electronic ISSN: 1619-7089
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-020-04749-3

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