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Urachal remnant metastasis detected on [68Ga] PSMA-11 PET/CT in an asymptomatic prostate cancer patient with biochemical recurrence

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The authors would like to acknowledge Dr. Bin Xu for providing the histopathologic images.

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This research was funded in part through the NIH/NCI Cancer Center Support Grant P30 CA008708.

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    Jeeban Paul Das, Andreas G Wibmer & Heiko Schöder

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Das, J.P., Wibmer, A.G. & Schöder, H. Urachal remnant metastasis detected on [68Ga] PSMA-11 PET/CT in an asymptomatic prostate cancer patient with biochemical recurrence. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 48, 3003–3004 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-021-05238-x

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