Investigation for extrahepatic shunt before SIRT by PET/CT with 68Ga-MAA

Nuklearmedizin 2011; 50(04): N37-N38
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1621655

Case report

Schattauer GmbH

Investigation for extrahepatic shunt before SIRT by PET/CT with ⁶⁸Ga-MAA

M. Gartenschlaeger

¹Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Mainz, Germany

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S. Maus

¹Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Mainz, Germany

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H. Buchholz

¹Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Mainz, Germany

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H. Reber

¹Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Mainz, Germany

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N. Pitton

²Department of Radiology, University Mainz, Germany

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M. Schreckenberger

¹Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Mainz, Germany

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