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Prostate Cancer Metastases to Inguinal Lymph Nodes Detected by Attenuation-Corrected 11C-Acetate PET/CT

Veer A. Shah, Allison Rixey and Reginald Dusing
Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology March 2016, 44 (1) 46-48; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2967/jnmt.115.157594

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  • FIGURE 1.
    FIGURE 1.

    Attenuation-corrected PET/CT images in axial, coronal, and sagittal views demonstrating increased metabolic activity in posterior region of prostate at interface with anterior wall of rectum (white arrows) (SUVmax 3.92), as well as spread to left inguinal node (yellow arrow).

  • FIGURE 2.
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    Attenuation-corrected 11C-acetate PET/CT images in axial, coronal, and sagittal views showing uptake within large left inguinal lymph node (arrows) (SUVmax 6.11).

  • FIGURE 3.
    FIGURE 3.

    Attenuation-corrected PET/CT images in axial, coronal, and sagittal views demonstrating increased 11C-acetate uptake within left external iliac chain in node of Cloquet (arrows) (SUVmax 5.42).

  • FIGURE 4.
    FIGURE 4.

    Attenuation-corrected PET/CT images in axial, coronal, and sagittal views showing 11C-acetate uptake in proximal left external iliac lymph node (arrows) (SUVmax 3.39).

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