Compressed Central Zone Uptake on PSMA PET/CT-A Potential Pitfall in Interpretation

Rueben Ganeshalingam1, Edward Hsiao

  • 1From the Nuclear Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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