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Titel:

Tracer uptake in mediastinal and paraaortal thoracic lymph nodes as a potential pitfall in image interpretation of PSMA ligand PET/CT.

Dokumenttyp:
Journal Article
Autor(en):
Afshar-Oromieh, Ali; Sattler, Lars Peter; Steiger, Katja; Holland-Letz, Tim; da Cunha, Marcelo Livorsi; Mier, Walter; Neels, Oliver; Kopka, Klaus; Weichert, Wilko; Haberkorn, Uwe
Abstract:
Since the introduction of Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT for imaging prostate cancer (PC) we have frequently observed mediastinal lymph nodes (LN) showing tracer uptake despite being classified as benign. The aim of this evaluation was to further analyze such LN.Two patient groups with biphasic Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT at 1 h and 3 h p.i. were included in this retrospective evaluation. Group A (n = 38) included patients without LN metastases, and group B (n = 43) patients with LN metastases of PC. SUV of mediastina...     »
Zeitschriftentitel:
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging
Jahr:
2018
Band / Volume:
45
Heft / Issue:
7
Seitenangaben Beitrag:
1179-1187
Sprache:
eng
Volltext / DOI:
doi:10.1007/s00259-018-3965-8
PubMed:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29497802
Print-ISSN:
1619-7070
TUM Einrichtung:
Institut für Allgemeine Pathologie und Pathologische Anatomie
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