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Superscan Appearance of ⁶⁸Ga PSMA PET/CT in a Patient with Refractory Prostate Cancer

10.4274/mirt.galenos.2020.78800

• Zehra Pınar Koç
• Pınar Pelin Özcan
• Vehbi Erçolak
• Mehmet Reyhan

Received Date: 17.02.2020 Accepted Date: 17.09.2020 Mol Imaging Radionucl Ther 2022;31(1):60-62 PMID: 35114754

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A 64-year-old male patient with metastatic prostate carcinoma diagnosis received lutetium-177 prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) treatment; however, his disease progressed. Herein, presented the final images of the patient that demonstrated a superscan appearance in the Gallium-68 PSMA positron emission tomography/computed tomography, which is a rare phenomenon.

Keywords: PSMA, 68Ga, Lu-177, prostate cancer

Ethics

Informed Consent: The informed consent of the patient was obtained.

Peer-review: Externally peer-reviewed.

Authorship Contributions

Surgical and Medical Practices: Z.P.K., P.P.Ö., V.E., M.R., Concept: Z.P.K., P.P.Ö., Design: Z.P.K., P.P.Ö., Data Collection or Processing: Z.P.K., P.P.Ö., V.E., M.R., Analysis or Interpretation: Z.P.K., P.P.Ö., V.E., M.R., Literature Search: Z.P.K., P.P.Ö., Writing: Z.P.K., P.P.Ö.

Conflict of Interest: No conflict of interest was declared by the authors.

Financial Disclosure: The authors declared that this study received no financial support.

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