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There are few papers comparing FDG and MET uptake in miscellaneous brain tumors. In the present study, we demonstrated both PET studies of five patients with untreated brain tumors (gemistocytic astrocytoma, tanycytic ependymoma, astroblastoma, gliomatosis cerebri and medulloblastoma). The results show more marked MET uptake into the tumors compared with FDG. As MET PET has an advantage for FDG in delineation of tumor margins, it will be a more promising method to evaluate biological behavior and for instructing surgical procedure or radiotherapy in various brain tumors.

Lung scintigraphy using N-isopropyl-p-[123I]iodoamphetamine (IMP) was performed on 26 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. Early (5 min after injection) and late images (4 h after injection) were obtained with a large-field gamma-camera equipped with a digital computer. Lung scintigraphy using [99mTc]MAA (MAA) was also done. Although early IMP images showed the same findings as [99mTc]MAA, images, a discrepancy between delayed IMP images and [99mTc]MAA images was seen in some patients. Increment of activities seen in late images was demonstrated in most patients whose chest x-ray findings included exudative inflammatory changes. Uptake and clearance of IMP was considered to be affected by the active phase of pulmonary tuberculosis.