| Literature DB >> 26018715 |
Georgios Z Papadakis1, Corina Millo, Ulas Bagci, Nicholas J Patronas, Constantine A Stratakis.
Abstract
Talc pleurodesis (TP) is a technique, widely employed in the management of patients with persistent pleural effusions or pneumothoraces not amenable to other treatment options. It is well documented that talc deposits produce areas of highly increased F-FDG uptake, because of talc-induced inflammation. We present a case of a patient with history of TP who was evaluated with both F-FDG and Ga-DOTA-TATE. The hypermetabolic area seen on F-FDG-PET-CT in the region of talc placement showed no uptake by Ga-DOTA-TATE, suggesting the potential role of Ga-DOTA-TATE-PET-CT in elucidating F-FDG-postitive lesions in patients with history of both neuroendocrine malignancy and TP.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID： 26018715 PMCID： PMC4564300 DOI： 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000807
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Nucl Med ISSN： 0363-9762 Impact factor: 7.794