High 18F-FDOPA PET Uptake in Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma

Clin Nucl Med. 2021 Jan;46(1):e59-e60. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003303.

Abstract

We present a 42-year-old woman with primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) and strong F-FDOPA PET uptake. F-FDOPA PET has high diagnostic accuracy in gliomas and brain metastases. The L-type amino acid transporter 1, targeted by F-FDOPA and C-MET PET, is a cell-type transporter usually upregulated in malignant tumors, including PCNSL. In this line, strong uptake was already shown with C-MET in PCNSL. We report the same findings with F-FDOPA. Consequently, PCNSL is a possible differential neoplastic diagnosis of F-FDOPA uptake among neoplastic lesions.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Biological Transport
  • Central Nervous System Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Central Nervous System Neoplasms / metabolism*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Dihydroxyphenylalanine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Dihydroxyphenylalanine / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / diagnostic imaging*
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / metabolism*
  • Male
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*

Substances

  • fluorodopa F 18
  • Dihydroxyphenylalanine