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18F-Labeling of Radiotracers Functionalized with a Silicon Fluoride Acceptor SiFA for Positron Emission Tomography
Published on: January 11, 2020
18F-FDG PET/CT superscan in prostate cancer
Matthieu Bailly1, Hélène Besse, Rémi Kerdraon
1From the *Nuclear Medicine Department, Hôpital Bretonneau, CHRU Tours, Tours; and †Nuclear Medicine Department and ‡Pathology Unit, Hôpital de la Source, CHR Orléans, Orléans, France.
Abstract:
F-FDG PET/CT of a patient with inflammatory lower back pain reveals diffuse bony metastases, similar to the "superscan" found on a Tc-methylene diphosphonate scintigraphy, and also demonstrates a prostatic lesion which appears to be a poorly differentiated prostate adenocarcinoma.
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