[The PET/CT with 18F-fluorocholine in the diagnosis of gliomatosis cerebri type 2]

Recenti Prog Med. 2013 Feb;104(2):73-5. doi: 10.1701/1241.13709.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

In a patient with cerebral gliomatosis type II MRI revealed a large area of altered signal in the temporal region, parietal and occipital lobes associated with a single nodule with perilesional contrast enhancement, which showed increased uptake on PET/CT with 18F-FCH, characterizing heterogeneous cellularity of the tumor.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aphasia / etiology
  • Brain Neoplasms / complications
  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology
  • Cerebral Cortex / diagnostic imaging
  • Choline / analogs & derivatives*
  • Choline / pharmacokinetics
  • Contrast Media
  • Fluorine Radioisotopes* / pharmacokinetics
  • Gadolinium
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Multimodal Imaging*
  • Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial / complications
  • Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial / diagnostic imaging*
  • Paresis / etiology
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals* / pharmacokinetics
  • Temporal Lobe / diagnostic imaging*
  • Temporal Lobe / pathology
  • Thalamus / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

  • Contrast Media
  • Fluorine Radioisotopes
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • fluorocholine
  • Gadolinium
  • Choline