TABLE 1

Regions Attributed to Benign Origin from All PSMA-Positive Regions

68Ga-PSMA-11 PET18F-rhPSMA-7 PET
OriginBenign regionsBenign regions/all regionsBenign regionsBenign regions/all regions
All lesions with benign origin100100/289 (34.6%)379379/566 (67.0%)
Unspecific lymph node
 Total38/100 (38.0%)38/132 (28.8%)95/379 (24.8%)95/171 (55.6%)
 Pelvic8/7226/81
 Abdomen + supradiaphragmatic30/6069/90
Ganglia
 Total32/100 (32.0%)32159/379 (42.0%)159
 Cervical1362
 Celiac1784
 Sacral213
Bone
 Total24/100 (24.0%)24/52 (46.2%)94/379 (24.1%)94/124 (75.8%)
 Fracture27
 Degeneration546
 Unclear35
 Unspecific bone uptake1436
Other
 Total6/100 (6.0%)6/8 (87.5%)31/379 (8.2%)31/37 (83.7%)
 Unspecific soft-tissue uptake*629
 Unclear uptake2
  • *Unspecific uptake (e.g., thyroid, skin, adenoma of adrenal gland, atelectasis with known PSMA ligand uptake) according to literature.

  • Likely not tumor-related.

  • Data are number followed by percentage in parentheses.