[68Ga]PSMA-HBED uptake mimicking lymph node metastasis in coeliac ganglia: an important pitfall in clinical practice

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 210-214

  Krohn, Thomas ^a   Verburg, Frederik A ^a,c   Pufe, Thomas ^b   Neuhuber, Winfried ^d   Vogg, Andreas ^a   Heinzel, Alexander ^a   Mottaghy, Felix M ^a,c   Behrendt, Florian F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

68GaPSMA HBED PET CT; Coeliac ganglion; Immunohistochemistry; Pitfall; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC MEMBRANE ANTIGEN HBED GA 68; TRACER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; EDETIC ACID; GLU-NH-CO-NH-LYS-(AHX)-((68)GA(HBED-CC)); OLIGOPEPTIDE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CELIAC GANGLION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PET-CT SCANNER; PROSTATE CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CELIAC PLEXUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTATE TUMOR; SCINTISCANNING; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELIAC PLEXUS; EDETIC ACID; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; OLIGOPEPTIDES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84925515890     PISSN: 16197070     EISSN: 16197089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-014-2915-3     Document Type: Article

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