Increased 99mTc TRODAT-1 uptake in anaplastic oligodendroglioma

Clin Nucl Med. 2014 Jan;39(1):e104-5. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3182815f43.

Abstract

(99m)Tc TRODAT-1, a selective dopamine transporter SPECT imaging agent, has demonstrated its efficacy in identifying patients with Parkinson disease. Primary or metastatic brain neoplasm uptake of TRODAT-1 is rarely reported in literatures. A 51-year-old female patient underwent TRODAT-1 study for bradykinesia and altered cognitive function; the images showed abnormal extrastriatal uptake in the right frontal lobe subsequent to operation, and pathological examination confirmed anaplastic oligodendroglioma. Care should be taken in interpreting TRODAT-1 image; any focus on abnormal accumulation of radiotracer should not be overlooked because it can be brain neoplasm as demonstrated in this case.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biological Transport
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Oligodendroglioma / diagnostic imaging
  • Oligodendroglioma / metabolism*
  • Organotechnetium Compounds / metabolism*
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
  • Tropanes / metabolism*

Substances

  • Organotechnetium Compounds
  • Tropanes
  • technetium Tc 99m TRODAT-1