What is known about this subject?
Importance of fluoro-2-deoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET) imaging in langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH).
What this clinical images adds?
FDG PET could detect unknown involvement site of LCH.
Ethics
Informed Consent: Informed consent for F-18 FDG PET scan was obtained from the case's parents.
Peer-review: Externally peer-reviewed.
Authorship Contributions
Surgical and Medical Practices: E.A., F.G., Concept: E.A., B.Y., Design: E.A., B.Y., Data Collection or Processing: E.A., F.G., B.Y., Analysis or Interpretation: E.A., B.Y., Literature Search: E.A., Writing: E.A., F.G.
Conflict of Interest: No conflict of interest was declared by the authors.
Financial Disclosure: The authors declared that this study received no financial support.
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