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Table 1 Characteristics of patients and tumours

From: Preliminary clinical assessment of dynamic carbon-11 methionine positron-emission tomography/computed tomography for the diagnosis of the pathologies in patients with musculoskeletal lesions: a prospective study

No./patient no./age/sex

Histology

Tumour site

Diameter (mm)

A. Benign musculoskeletal lesion

 1/1/80/male

Osteochondroma

Knee

20

 2/2/68/male

Osteochondroma

Knee

40

 3/3/67/male

Haematoma

Femur

245

 4/4/77/male

Schwannoma

Axilla

56

 5/5/61/female

Schwannoma

Thigh

35

B. Primary malignant musculoskeletal tumour

 6/6/59/male

Pleomorphic leiomyosarcoma

Lower back

79

 7/6/59/male

Pleomorphic leiomyosarcoma

Lower back

28

 8/7/55/male

Myxofibrosarcoma

Thigh

57

 9/8/81/male

Pleomorphic leiomyosarcoma

Back

48

 10/9/70/male

Myxofibrosarcoma

Shoulder

66

C. Metastatic musculoskeletal tumour

 11/10/78/female

AC from gastric cancer

Thigh (muscle)

79

 12/11/71/male

SCC from hypopharyngeal cancer

Neck (muscle)

21

 13/11/71/male

SCC from hypopharyngeal cancer

Neck (muscle)

28

 14/11/71/male

SCC from hypopharyngeal cancer

Neck (muscle)

23

D. Malignant lymphoma

 15/12/54/female

Diffuse large B cell lymphoma

Sacrum

87

 16/13/85/female

Diffuse large B cell lymphoma

Thigh

57

 17/13/85/female

Diffuse large B cell lymphoma

Thigh

20

  1. AC adenocarcinoma, SCC squamous cell carcinoma