Active Lumbar Spondylodiscitis on [68Ga]Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT Mimicking Bone Metastasis
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Rosar, F.; Burgard, C.; Gargiulo, R.; Ezziddin, S. Active Lumbar Spondylodiscitis on [68Ga]Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT Mimicking Bone Metastasis. Diagnostics 2023, 13, 3616. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13243616
Rosar F, Burgard C, Gargiulo R, Ezziddin S. Active Lumbar Spondylodiscitis on [68Ga]Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT Mimicking Bone Metastasis. Diagnostics. 2023; 13(24):3616. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13243616
Chicago/Turabian StyleRosar, Florian, Caroline Burgard, Raffaele Gargiulo, and Samer Ezziddin. 2023. "Active Lumbar Spondylodiscitis on [68Ga]Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT Mimicking Bone Metastasis" Diagnostics 13, no. 24: 3616. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13243616