18F-NaF PET/CT Imaging of Brain Metastases

Clin Nucl Med. 2016 Jul;41(7):564-5. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000001186.

Abstract

F-NaF is a radiopharmaceutical widely used in PET imaging to detect bone metastases. Several cases of F-NaF uptake from brain metastases have been described, but a specific protocol for the evaluation of brain metastases with F-NaF has not been developed yet. Here we report images of F-NaF PET/CT, standard CT, and MRI of a brain metastasis in a patient with non-small lung cancer. Through a dynamic acquisition procedure, we have identified the first minutes after injection as the preferable time point of imaging acquisition for the study of brain metastases with F-NaF.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Brain Neoplasms / secondary
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Male
  • Multimodal Imaging / methods
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography / methods*
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Sodium Fluoride

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Sodium Fluoride