Metabolic Evolution of Brain Metastasis After Stereotactic Radiosurgery: Mismatch Between F-DOPA and FDG PET

Clin Nucl Med. 2020 Jul;45(7):557-558. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003070.

Abstract

The differentiation between radiation-induced changes and tumor recurrence is a major pitfall of magnetic resonance imaging, which can be overcome by the use of PET. Although amino-acid PET tracers showed several advantages over F-fluorodeoxyglucose in neurooncology, studies comparing these 2 types of radiopharmaceuticals in previously irradiated brain metastases are lacking. Here, we demonstrated a mismatch between 3,4-dihydroxy-6-[F]-fluoro-L-phenylalanine (F-DOPA) and FDG in the first report of a previously irradiated brain metastasis undergoing a longitudinal evaluation by sequential double tracer PET imaging.

MeSH terms

  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Brain Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Brain Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Dihydroxyphenylalanine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Female
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced / diagnostic imaging*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Radiosurgery / adverse effects*

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • fluorodopa F 18
  • Dihydroxyphenylalanine