ReviewIndian journal of nuclear medicine : IJNM : the official journal of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, India
Clinical Pearls: Etiologies of Superscan Appearance on Fluorine-18-Fludeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography.
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177Lu-PSMA-617 (Pluvicto) for the Treatment of Patients With Progressive PSMA-Positive Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer (mCRPC) and Super Scan Bone Scan
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Hepatic superscan on [Abdominal radiology (New York) · 2026Pooled it
- "Hot Liver" in Hepar Lobatum Carcinomatosum on [ 18 F]FDG PET-CT.Clinical nuclear medicine · 2026Article
- Superscan Pattern on Bone Scintigraphy: A Comprehensive Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Regional changes with global brain hypometabolism indicates a physiological triage phenomenon and can explain shared pathophysiological events in Alzheimer's & small vessel diseases and delirium.American journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2021Article
- Hot liver on 18F-FDG PET/CT imaging-a quandary for oncoradiologists in South Asia.BJR case reports · 2020Article
- Lymphoblastic Involvement of the Bone Marrow as a Cause of Superscan Appearance inMolecular imaging and radionuclide therapy · 2020Article
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Abstract
The term "superscan" usually refers to a characteristic pattern on skeletal scintigraphy consisting of symmetrically intense and diffuse radiotracer uptake in the skeleton with absent or diminished visualization of the genitourinary system and soft tissues. Superscans and superscan-like appearances have also been described on fluorine-18-fludeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography (18-F-FDG PET/CT). We review reported cases of 18-F-FDG PET/CT superscans and propose criteria for differentiating pathologic superscans from physiologic causes. Knowledge of the 18-F-FDG PET/CT superscan, its reported pathologic causes, its benign imitators, and its clinical implications is important to the nuclear medicine physician or radiologist specializing in the interpretation of nuclear studies to avoid several diagnostic pitfalls.
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