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The “question-mark” MR anatomy of the cervico-thoracic ganglia complex: can it help to avoid mistaking it for a malignant lesion on 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET/MR? Cover

The “question-mark” MR anatomy of the cervico-thoracic ganglia complex: can it help to avoid mistaking it for a malignant lesion on 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET/MR?

Radiology and Oncology
Volume 53 (2019): Issue 4 (December 2019)
By: Ewa J. Bialek and  Bogdan Malkowski  
Open Access
|Oct 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2019-0052 | Journal eISSN: 1581-3207 | Journal ISSN: 1318-2099
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Language: English
Page range: 407 - 414
Submitted on: Apr 2, 2019
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Accepted on: Sep 9, 2019
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Published on: Oct 25, 2019
Published by: Association of Radiology and Oncology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
stellate ganglion,
cervico-thocaracic ganglion,
68Ga-PSMA,
metastasis,
lymph node,
PET/MR,
prostate,
oncology
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Internal medicine,
Haematology, oncology,
Radiology

© 2019 Ewa J. Bialek, Bogdan Malkowski, published by Association of Radiology and Oncology
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