| Literature DB >> 24566411 |
Quentin Sala1, Philippe Metellus, David Taieb, Elsa Kaphan, Dominique Figarella-Branger, Eric Guedj.
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We report 2 cases of suspected low-grade glioma with positive 18F-fluorodihydroxyphenylalanine (18F-FDOPA) PET scan, and histological diagnosis of brain inflammation corresponding to an acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) and to a neurosarcoidosis. It has been shown that this amino-acid PET radiotracer serves to evaluate tumoral proliferation related to the metabolism of L-amino-acid transporters, and that inflammation may also contribute to the tumoral uptake. This report suggests it may serve to study brain inflammation.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24566411 DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000383
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Nucl Med ISSN: 0363-9762 Impact factor: 7.794