Journal article
Assessing Therapy Response of Secreting Pineal Germ Cell Tumor on Simultaneous F-18-Choline PET/MRI
Clinical nuclear medicine, Vol.39(9), pp.E387-E388
09/01/2014
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000231
PMID: 24217533
Abstract
An 18-year-old man presented with 6 weeks' history of diplopia, early morning headaches, and blurred vision; on ophthalmologic examination, Parinaud syndrome was revealed. Brain MRI scan showed a calcified pineal mass. Brain simultaneous PET/MRI with 18F-choline showed an avid enhancing mass occupying the pineal regionwith restricted diffusion. Asecond examination after chemotherapy demonstrated reduction in both size and radiotracer activity of the mass. Our study emphasizes the potential of simultaneous 18F-choline PET/MRI being a useful tool for contribution in the diagnosis and treatment assessment in a convenient way with minimal radiation exposure and reduced throughput patient time.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Assessing Therapy Response of Secreting Pineal Germ Cell Tumor on Simultaneous F-18-Choline PET/MRI
- Creators
- Emmanouil Panagiotidis - From the *Institute of Nuclear Medicine and †Paediatric & Adolescent Oncology, University College London Hospitals NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom.Ananth Shankar - Univ Coll London Hosp NHS Trust, London NW12BU, EnglandAsim Afaq - Univ Coll London Hosp NHS Trust, Inst Nucl Med, London NW12BU, EnglandJamshed Bomanji - Univ Coll London Hosp NHS Trust, Inst Nucl Med, London NW12BU, England
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Clinical nuclear medicine, Vol.39(9), pp.E387-E388
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- DOI
- 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000231
- PMID
- 24217533
- ISSN
- 0363-9762
- eISSN
- 1536-0229
- Number of pages
- 2
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/01/2014
- Academic Unit
- Radiology
- Record Identifier
- 9984318794202771
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