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

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          Abstract

          Since the introduction of 68Ga-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.

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          Journal
          Eur. J. Nucl. Med. Mol. Imaging
          European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging
          Springer Nature America, Inc
          1619-7089
          1619-7070
          July 2018
          : 45
          : 7
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Department of Nuclear Medicine, Heidelberg University Hospital, INF 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. a.afshar@gmx.de.
          [2 ] Department of Nuclear Medicine, Bern University Hospital (Inselspital), Bern, Switzerland. a.afshar@gmx.de.
          [3 ] Department of Nuclear Medicine, Heidelberg University Hospital, INF 400, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
          [4 ] Institute of Pathology, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
          [5 ] Department of Biostatistics, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
          [6 ] Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hospital Israelita Albert-Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil.
          [7 ] Division of Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany.
          [8 ] German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Heidelberg, Germany.
          [9 ] German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Munich, Germany.
          [10 ] Department of Nuclear Medicine, Bern University Hospital (Inselspital), Bern, Switzerland.
          Article
          10.1007/s00259-018-3965-8
          10.1007/s00259-018-3965-8
          29497802
          aa03ef2b-0127-4ff0-85da-df264f12dad1
          History

          68Ga-PSMA-11,Mediastinal,Mediastinal/paraaortal,PET/CT,PSMA,Prostate cancer,Prostate-specific membrane antigen,Lymph nodes

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