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Fig. 2

From: A lung abscess caused by secondary syphilis – the utility of polymerase chain reaction techniques in transbronchial biopsy: a case report

Fig. 2

Images of the lung mass. a Chest X-ray on the first visit to our hospital. A mass lesion was shown in the right lower field (arrow), b Chest computed tomography on the first visit to our hospital. A single mass lesion (4 cm in size) was shown in the right lower lobe of the lung (arrow), c Fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) before the surgery, 4 months after the first visit. A single mass lesion was still remained in spite of the antibiotic treatment. It had abnormal uptake with a maximal standardized uptake value (SUV max) of 2.51 (arrow)

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