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[18F]PSMA-1007 PET/CT in the detection of neoplastic lumbosacral plexopathy as an emerging and underestimated spread of prostate cancer

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  1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    A.-L. Deleu, N. Ahmadi Bidakhvidi, K. Van Laere & K. Goffin

  2. Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Department of Imaging and Pathology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    N. Ahmadi Bidakhvidi, K. Van Laere & K. Goffin

  3. Department of Urology, Tienen Regional Hospital, Tienen, Belgium

    L. Van Wynsberge

  4. Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    G. De Meerleer

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Anne-Leen Deleu, and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Deleu, AL., Ahmadi Bidakhvidi, N., Van Wynsberge, L. et al. [18F]PSMA-1007 PET/CT in the detection of neoplastic lumbosacral plexopathy as an emerging and underestimated spread of prostate cancer. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 49, 3950–3951 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-022-05828-3

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