| Literature DB >> 28626263 |
Kazuhiro Kitajima1, Kazuhito Fukushima1, Shingo Yamamoto2, Takashi Kato3, Soichi Odawara3, Haruyuki Takaki3, Kaoru Kobayashi3, Toshiko Yamano3, Koichiro Yamakado3, Yukako Nakanishi2, Akihiro Kanematsu2, Michio Nojima2, Kazuhiro Suzumura4, Etsuro Hatano4, Jiro Fujimoto4, Takako Kihara5, Keiji Nakasho6, Seiichi Hirota5, Shozo Hirota3.
Abstract
Choline is a new PET tracer, which uptake may occur via a choline-specific transporter protein and be accelerated during the proliferation of tumor cells. We report a 61-year-old woman with a metastatic pancreatic tumor from renal cell carcinoma, measuring 35×40 mm. PET scans demonstrated accumulation of 11C-choline in the metastatic pancreatic tumor, but no accumulation of 18F-FDG. Choline PET/CT may play a useful and complementary imaging modality, especially when FDG-PET/CT does not show expected findings or when the evaluation of tumor viability is needed, in patients with renal cell carcinoma.Entities:
Keywords: Choline; FDG; PET; Renal cell carcinoma
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Year: 2017 PMID： 28626263 PMCID： PMC5472553 DOI： 10.18999/nagjms.79.2.273
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nagoya J Med Sci ISSN： 0027-7622 Impact factor: 1.131