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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · World J Nucl Med 2020; 19(03): 322-323
DOI: 10.4103/wjnm.WJNM_13_20
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Isolated aplasia of submandibular salivary gland and contralateral prominence of submandibular and sublingual salivary glands incidentally found on 68Ga-prostate-specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography—computed tomography

Abbas Yousefi-Koma
Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
,
Reyhane Ahmadi
1   Department of Nuclear Medicine, School of Medicine, Taleghani Educational Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
,
Saba Gorzi
1   Department of Nuclear Medicine, School of Medicine, Taleghani Educational Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
,
Yaser Shiravand
2   Department of Medical Radiation Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
,
Mohsen Qutbi
1   Department of Nuclear Medicine, School of Medicine, Taleghani Educational Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Abstract

Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-targeted imaging is now an effective tool for the evaluation of prostate cancer patients. Although salivary glands take up 68Ga-PSMA avidly, pathologies of these glands may be readily noticeable. Herein, we present a case of prostate cancer referred for 68Ga-PSMA positron emission tomography—computed tomography in whom an isolated aplasia of the submandibular salivary gland was incidentally found.

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68Ga-prostate-specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography—computed tomography - isolated aplasia - submandibular salivary gland

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Publication History

Received: 01 May 2020

Accepted: 21 May 2020

Article published online:
19 April 2022

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