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Dedicated Verification of an Accessory Parotid Gland via Minimal-Activity PSMA-PET/CT
Falk Gühne1, Robert Drescher1, René Aschenbach2
1Clinic of Nuclear Medicine; and.
Abstract:
Gallium-68-labeled prostate-specific membrane antigen ligands are not only established radiopharmaceuticals for staging of prostate cancer but also accumulate physiologically in nonprostate organs, including the salivary glands. We show the converted application of prostate-specific membrane antigen -positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PSMA-PET/CT) as a dedicated method to depict salivary gland tissue using a region-focused, low-dose protocol. An accessory parotid gland at the right buccal region could be confirmed; therefore, further diagnostic or invasive therapeutic steps were not necessary.

