The Correlation of Salivary Gland Uptake Between 18F-FP-CIT PET/CT and Salivary Scan

Clin Nucl Med. 2020 Aug;45(8):e365-e367. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003161.

Abstract

An 85-year-old woman visited our hospital with repetitive diarrhea, nausea, and anorexia, as well as aggressive behavior. The neurologist decided to perform dopamine transporter imaging (F-FP-CIT PET/CT) for accurate diagnosis, taking into account the potential adverse effects of L-dopa that the patient had been taking for a long time. The uptake of dopamine transporter in the bilateral basal ganglia was well preserved, but reduced uptake in the left parotid gland was incidentally detected. A subsequent salivary scan showed reduced uptake in the left parotid gland with the same pattern as that on F-FP-CIT PET/CT.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins / metabolism
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
  • Salivary Glands / diagnostic imaging*
  • Salivary Glands / metabolism*
  • Tropanes / metabolism*

Substances

  • Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
  • Tropanes
  • 2-carbomethoxy-8-(3-fluoropropyl)-3-(4-iodophenyl)tropane